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France-1945: People by Gironde River with Traditional Buildings

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

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People by Gironde River with Traditional Buildings — Clip Details

FRANCE-1945: This vintage 8mm home movie captures a quiet riverside scene in the Gironde River Valley. A man in a dark jacket and white shirt stands near a railing, with a woman and child beside him, all framed against traditional European buildings and a calm waterway. The footage shows classic 1940s color grading with a distinct purple tint and film grain, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. A title card confirms the location as 'Gironde River Valley Country Scenes,' offering authentic period footage of post-war French life.

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
123139150

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

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

  • obelisk
  • people
  • walking
  • person
  • buildings
  • gironde
  • river
  • valley
  • scenes
  • country
  • landmarks
  • france
  • 1945
  • 1945 France footage
  • Gironde River Valley
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1940s home movie
  • French countryside
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • old film
  • documentary footage
  • historic footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • European river scene
  • post-war France
  • family in 1940s
  • vintage French footage
  • classic film
  • nostalgic home movie
  • 1940s people
  • 8mm film grain
  • country scenes

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s France archive requests needing brief home-movie material of a riverside town setting and handwritten regional title cards.
Period detail
The clothing, waterfront buildings, 8mm color stock, and hand-lettered title cards support a mid-1940s home-movie reading without identifying a specific town or landmark.
Home-movie behavior
The visible human value is an informal visitor-shot moment, with people standing casually by a riverside railing before the reel shifts to location-title cards.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a riverside railing, two adults, a waterside building row, trees, a vertical post, and handwritten cards reading Gironde River Valley Country scenes.
Film character
The clip has soft 8mm color, purple cast, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, location bridge, or memory beat before or after broader postwar French countryside or river-travel material.
Historical context
The footage visually places private travelers or residents in a quiet French riverside environment, with no visible wartime activity or official ceremony in these frames.
Research note
People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status, while brands, music, and private interiors are not evident here.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1940s France 8mm home movie, Gironde River Valley title card, French riverside town footage, and country scenes home movie.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1945 France or Gironde material, and then with wider European riverside countryside home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1945 France home-movie frame showing two people by a riverside railing, with traditional buildings, trees, and a vertical post in the background.
People pause beside a river railing in a French town setting.
Hand-lettered title card identifies the reel section as Gironde River Valley Country scenes, filmed on dark card stock.
Title card introduces Gironde River Valley country scenes.
A close 8mm frame of the handwritten Gironde River Valley Country scenes card, with soft focus and visible film texture.
Handwritten card labels the Gironde River Valley sequence.
The Gironde River Valley Country scenes title card remains on screen, with handwritten white lettering and visible 8mm film grain.
Second title-card view for the Gironde River Valley scenes.

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