Paris France-1947: Stone Relief Sculpture On Brick Wall

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

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Stone Relief Sculpture On Brick Wall — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic stone relief sculpture mounted on a brick wall in Paris, France. The grainy, sepia-toned footage reveals a Gothic-style bas-relief depicting a central winged figure surrounded by smaller human forms, likely a religious or allegorical scene. The camera pans slowly across the artwork, emphasizing its intricate details and textured surface. The film’s natural grain and soft focus lend a nostalgic, archival quality, evoking mid-20th century European art and architecture. This clip offers a rare glimpse of public sculpture from the postwar era, ideal for historical documentaries, art studies, or period-specific storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123122034

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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 archive requests needing a brief architectural art cutaway or period city-detail insert from amateur 8mm footage.
Period detail: The frames show a stone bas-relief on brick with Gothic or religious styling, consistent with the 1947 Paris home-movie metadata but not identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a visitor pausing to film public architectural decoration, with the camera drifting across the relief rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a winged sculptural figure, smaller carved human forms, brick courses, stone molding, a rectangular relief panel, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and contact-print-like frame overlap that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, art-history cutaway, Paris memory beat, or transition between broader postwar city views and architectural detail.
Historical context: The footage may show how a mid-century traveler recorded older Parisian stonework and religious or allegorical imagery as part of a personal city visit.
Research note: Review may be needed for artwork copyright or site permissions, while the visible human forms appear sculptural rather than identifiable living people.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 Paris 8mm sculpture footage, vintage home movie stone relief, Gothic architectural detail, and postwar France art cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1947 Paris exteriors, then related European architectural sculpture or religious art details.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Paris 8mm frame showing a stone bas-relief with a winged central figure, smaller carved human forms, brickwork, and dark film borders. — Winged stone relief figure on a brick wall, filmed in close detail.

1947 Paris 8mm frame of the relief from a slightly shifted angle, showing the winged figure, raised arm, brick backing, and stone trim. — Close view of the relief with a raised arm and winged form.

1947 Paris 8mm frame with the camera drifting downward, showing stone trim, brickwork, dark borders, and a partial view of the relief. — The camera passes the stone trim below the relief.

1947 Paris 8mm frame showing a rectangular carved stone panel beneath the relief area, with brickwork, molding, and heavy film grain. — Rectangular carved panel and surrounding stonework beneath the relief.

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