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France-1945: Writing The Name Bon On An Envelope

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

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Writing The Name Bon On An Envelope — Clip Details

A close-up shot from a 1945 French home movie shows a person's hands writing the name 'Bon' in black ink on a brown envelope. The scene is set on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth featuring white snowflake designs. A glass ashtray filled with cigarette butts sits nearby, and the footage exhibits the characteristic grain and warm color palette of 8mm film. The hand carefully forms each letter, capturing a quiet, personal moment from the post-war era.

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
123139713

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

  • the letter is
  • red
  • using a marker
  • writing
  • letter
  • swifter
  • feather
  • signs
  • symbols
  • france
  • 1945
  • 1945 home movie
  • French vintage footage
  • writing on envelope
  • 8mm film
  • post-war era
  • hand writing
  • personal letter
  • vintage home movie
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • domestic scene
  • 1940s France
  • handwritten note
  • old film
  • nostalgic moment
  • table setting
  • cigarette ashtray
  • patterned tablecloth
  • brown envelope
  • black ink

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1945 French 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing a close domestic insert of handwriting on an envelope.
Period detail
The brown envelope, fountain-style pen or marker, patterned tablecloth, and ashtray may show a mid-1940s domestic writing scene.
Home-movie behavior
The clip preserves a quiet unstaged action as hands carefully form the name Bon on an envelope at a table.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include hands, a brown envelope, black ink lettering, a pen, patterned tablecloth, a glass ashtray, and cigarette butts.
Film character
Warm color, soft focus, visible grain, and slight exposure variation give the 8mm scan a tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as an intimate insert, memory beat, correspondence cutaway, or transition into a letter or identity sequence.
Historical context
The scene offers domestic post-war-era context through a handwritten envelope and table setting without identifying the writer or recipient.
Research note
People's hands and private property are visible, so copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match
Useful search phrases include 1945 France 8mm handwriting, home movie envelope, person writing Bon, and vintage correspondence close-up.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the same reel, then with France 1945 domestic footage, then with handwriting, letters, mail, or personal memory themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1945 French 8mm footage, hands start forming black lettering on a brown envelope near an ashtray and patterned cloth.
Hands begin writing the first letter on a brown envelope at a table.
A close 1945 French home-movie frame shows a hand writing Bo on a brown envelope beside an ashtray on a patterned table.
The writer forms the letters Bo on the envelope while holding it in place.
The name Bon appears in black ink on a brown envelope in a French 1945 home-movie close-up of hands at a table.
The name Bon is visible after the final letter is added to the envelope.
The completed word Bon is shown on a brown envelope as the writing hand lifts the pen in 1945 French 8mm footage.
The pen lifts near the completed word Bon on the envelope.

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