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Paris France-1947: Street with Cars and Trees from Above

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Street with Cars and Trees from Above — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a high-angle view of a Parisian street lined with bare trees and classic automobiles. The grainy, monochrome footage shows several old cars moving along the road, with pedestrians visible in the distance. The scene exudes a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of mid-20th century urban life, filmed from a window or elevated position with natural light and soft focus typical of Super 8 home movies.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
AerialBlack & white
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123122377

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • People visible: Yes
  • Minors 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • cars sights people buildings trees
  • oldies
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  • 1940s street scene

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Paris urban-life requests needing a brief elevated street view with traffic, pedestrians, winter trees, and home-movie texture.
Period detail
The small rounded cars, sparse road traffic, bare street trees, and monochrome 8mm look support a late-1940s Paris setting, as given in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The view appears filmed from an upper window or balcony, giving an observational visitor or resident perspective rather than a staged street scene.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a broad city street, moving cars, distant pedestrians, bare trees, sidewalks, building edges, and dark vertical window or film-frame borders.
Film character
Soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, and frame-edge shadowing give the shot a physical 8mm home-movie character suited to archival inserts.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, transition, memory beat, or visual bridge for postwar Paris street life.
Historical context
The clip shows everyday city movement from above, with pedestrians and automobiles sharing a relatively open tree-lined street.
Research note
People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from location or property considerations.
Research search match
Search matches include 1940s Paris street footage, 8mm home movie traffic view, elevated city street with classic cars, and postwar France urban cutaway.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1947 Paris material, then broader 1940s European street, traffic, or city-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 Paris home-movie frame showing a high-angle street view with cars, bare trees, sidewalks, and distant pedestrians.
Elevated view of a tree-lined Paris street with sparse automobile traffic and pedestrians in the distance.
High-angle 1947 Paris street view with cars traveling along a broad road bordered by bare trees and sidewalks.
Cars move along a broad street seen from above, with pedestrians small in the frame.
1947 Paris 8mm frame looking down on a quiet street with a few cars, bare trees, sidewalks, and a building edge.
A quiet elevated street view shows sparse traffic and winter-bare trees along the road.
Elevated 1947 Paris street frame with cars, distant pedestrians, bare trees, sidewalks, and dark 8mm frame borders.
The clip ends on an elevated view of cars and pedestrians moving through a tree-lined street.

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