France-1945: Horse Carriage and Tram on French Street

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Year1945
Decade1940s
LocationFrance
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1945 France

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Horse Carriage and Tram on French Street — Clip Details

FRANCE-1945: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a bustling city street scene in post-war France. The clip opens on a wide view of multi-story buildings lining a busy thoroughfare, with pedestrians strolling along the sidewalks. The scene shifts to a horse-drawn carriage moving through the street, followed by a shot of a tram and a parked automobile, illustrating the mix of transportation modes of the era. The footage exhibits the characteristic purple color cast and grain of 8mm film, with visible scratches and wear, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century urban life.

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: 123139438

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: Yes
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing 1940s French urban street life with mixed horse carriage, tram, pedestrians, and postwar-era city movement.
Period detail: The visible horse-drawn carriage, tram, older storefronts, street clothing, and multi-story masonry buildings support a mid-1940s French city setting without identifying a specific street.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing everyday pedestrians and traffic from street level rather than presenting a formal city view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include multi-story buildings, pedestrians, a horse carriage, a tram, a parked automobile, street trees, shop awnings, and curbside activity.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows heavy purple color shift, soft focus, grain, scratches, gate edges, and handheld framing that retain the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief establishing insert, transport cutaway, or memory beat for 1940s France and changing urban mobility.
Historical context: The footage visually contrasts pedestrian life with horse, tram, and automobile transport in a French city environment during the documented 1945 period.
Research note: People and possible storefront branding are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification review may be needed separate from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1945 France 8mm street footage, 1940s French city traffic, horse carriage and tram, and vintage home movie urban scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other France 1945 city material, then broader 1940s European street transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1945 French city street view with pedestrians crossing or gathering near multi-story buildings and bare street trees. — Wide view of pedestrians and buildings along a French city street.

Wide 1945 France street view showing pedestrians near a row of city buildings, with traffic forms partly visible through soft focus. — Pedestrians move through a broad city street lined with older buildings.

Horse-drawn carriage and carriage wheels visible on a 1945 French city street, with storefront awnings and pedestrians nearby. — A horse-drawn carriage passes storefronts on the city street.

A tram moves through a 1945 French street scene beside a horse carriage, parked automobile, storefront awnings, and pedestrians. — Tram traffic passes beside a horse carriage and parked automobile.

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