Paris France-1947: Beauty Of The Bridge

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationParis, France
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 Paris France

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Beauty Of The Bridge — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a grand Parisian bridge spanning a wide river. The black-and-white footage shows two prominent stone pillars topped with statues, leading to an arched bridge with decorative railings. The camera pans slowly across the scene, revealing the river's surface and the bridge's elegant architecture against a cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and a soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century Paris. This historic footage offers a timeless glimpse of French landmarks and urban beauty.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123120490

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Paris, France Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Paris documentary requests needing a brief architectural riverfront view from original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show stone bridge pylons, sculptural finials, decorative railings, and a wide river, with the 1947 Paris setting supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The slow visitor-shot pan treats the bridge as a scenic landmark, emphasizing observation rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wide river, ornate bridge deck, stone pylons, sculptural tops, balustrades, bare trees, cloudy sky, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, exposure variation, scratches, and contact-sheet framing that signal physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a Paris establishing insert, architectural cutaway, river transition, or quiet memory beat in a postwar travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a visitor-level view of Parisian bridge architecture and riverfront space without visible crowds or identifiable street activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and landmark or location identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 Paris 8mm bridge footage, black-and-white home movie river view, and vintage French architecture cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Paris 1947 river or bridge views, then broader 1940s European landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Paris home-movie frame showing a grand stone bridge entrance with twin pylons, statues, railings, river, and cloudy sky. — Stone bridge pylons and decorative railings seen across the river.

1947 Paris frame with the bridge entrance, two stone pylons, arched openings, railings, river surface, trees, and overcast sky. — The camera holds on the bridge entrance and riverfront architecture.

1947 Paris home-movie still showing the bridge railing extending over the river, with a stone pylon at left and trees beyond. — The pan shifts along the bridge span toward the riverbank.

1947 Paris frame showing the bridge span and railing across the river, a stone pylon, bare trees, cloudy sky, and black film-frame edge. — The bridge span continues across the river as the camera completes the short pan.

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