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France-1945: Several Grave Markers In A Cemetery In The Shape Of A Wooden Cross

$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.

  • Year1945
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationFrance
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1945 France

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Several Grave Markers In A Cemetery In The Shape Of A... — Clip Details

FRANCE-1945: Vintage 8mm film footage captures a solemn cemetery scene with multiple wooden crosses marking graves. The camera pans slowly across the rows of simple wooden markers, each bearing inscriptions, set in sandy soil with a low white wall and trees in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded color saturation, and natural lighting, evoking a poignant wartime memorial atmosphere. This archival footage offers authentic historical context for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring post-war France.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123139080

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

  • 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 1723 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note
1945
Reel-level location note
france,bordeux,versailles
Date
1945 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location
France Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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

  • death
  • cemetery
  • cross
  • funeral
  • graves
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  • wooden cross grave markers
  • vintage 8mm film
  • wartime memorial
  • post-war France
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  • Super 8 cemetery
  • historical grave markers
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  • 8mm film footage
  • old cemetery
  • memorial site
  • French war graves
  • retro film
  • historical footage
  • grave markers
  • 1945 memorial
  • vintage 8mm footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1940s France cemetery footage suited to documentary requests for wartime-era memorial, burial-ground, or postwar remembrance cutaways.
Period detail
The simple wooden cross markers, low white boundary wall, sandy ground, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-1940s grave site in France.
Home-movie behavior
The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on grave markers from close range rather than staging a formal cemetery view.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include wooden cross grave markers, pale sandy soil, low white edging, dark trees, shadowed ground, and soft handheld framing.
Film character
The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld drift that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a solemn cutaway, transition, or reflective memory beat in sequences about burial, mourning, or postwar remembrance.
Historical context
The scene visually suggests a modest cemetery or grave plot, but the frames do not identify individual names, a specific town, or the circumstances of the burials.
Research note
No people, logos, or brands are visible, though cemetery and religious imagery may still require context review separate from copyright clearance.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1940s France cemetery 8mm footage, wooden cross grave markers, wartime memorial home movie, and old burial ground cutaway.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other France 1945 material, then broader cemetery, memorial, mourning, or wooden-cross grave footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s France 8mm frame showing several wooden cross grave markers in a cemetery-like setting with sandy soil and dark trees behind.
Several wooden cross markers stand in a shaded grave area behind a low white boundary.
1940s France cemetery view with multiple simple wooden cross markers, pale ground, a low wall, and tree shade in the background.
A row of wooden grave crosses is seen across pale ground with trees beyond the wall.
1940s France 8mm frame with a larger foreground wooden cross and several smaller grave markers set near a low white cemetery wall.
A larger cross in the foreground anchors the view of smaller markers behind it.
1940s France cemetery footage frame showing wooden cross grave markers across a shaded plot with pale soil and trees in the background.
The camera settles on several cross-shaped grave markers in a shaded cemetery plot.

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