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France-1945: Vintage Carnival With Merry-Go-Round And Photo Rapid Artistique Sign

  • Year1945
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationFrance
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1945 France
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Vintage Carnival With Merry-Go-Round And Photo Rapid... — Clip Details

FRANCE-1945: Vintage 8mm film captures a nighttime carnival scene with a glowing merry-go-round under a tent, surrounded by silhouetted trees and crowds. A prominent sign reads 'PHOTO RAPID ARTISTIQUE,' indicating a photo booth or studio. The footage shows grainy, purple-tinted visuals typical of wartime home movies, with a brief overexposed shot of a city skyline. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into postwar French leisure and community life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Night
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123139557

Rights & Clearance

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: 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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
France Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • carnival
  • signs
  • homemade
  • fair
  • video
  • merry
  • round
  • sign
  • sports
  • recreation
  • france
  • 1945
  • 1945 carnival footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • French postwar life
  • nighttime carnival
  • merry-go-round
  • photo booth sign
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • French nostalgia
  • wartime home movie
  • carnival lights
  • vintage fair
  • retro France
  • 1940s France
  • historical footage
  • grainy film
  • purple tint
  • city skyline
  • crowd scene
  • documentary footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s France archive requests needing a brief home-movie view of public leisure, carnival lighting, and street signage for documentary or museum context.
Period detail
The visible tented merry-go-round, dark street crowd, and hand-painted French photo sign support a mid-1940s home-movie setting without identifying a specific town.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s France home-movie frame showing a glowing carnival carousel tent behind dark trees and crowd silhouettes.
A lit merry-go-round tent is seen through trees with a dark crowd gathered nearby.

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