France-1945: Hand Writing Bon Soir Greeting

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Year1945
Decade1940s
LocationFrance
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1945 France

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Hand Writing Bon Soir Greeting — Clip Details

A close-up shot from a 1945 French home movie shows a hand writing 'Bon Soir' in dark ink on a brown card using a dip pen. The scene is set on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth, with a glass ashtray filled with cigarette butts visible nearby. The footage, captured on 8mm film, displays natural film grain and a warm, nostalgic color palette, evoking a personal, intimate 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: 123139717

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1940s France archive requests needing an intimate home-movie insert of handwriting a greeting for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The dip pen, brown card, tablecloth, ashtray, and cigarette butts may show mid-1940s domestic writing habits rather than a formal public setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the close, unstaged domestic action of a person forming the words “Bon Soir” by hand at a table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hands, a brown card, dark ink lettering, a dip pen, patterned tablecloth, glass ashtray, cigarette butts, and a small dark matchbook-like object.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the moment physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, handwritten message cutaway, or memory beat between wider post-war domestic scenes.
Historical context: The scene gives a small view of private domestic communication and smoking-related tabletop objects in archival French home-movie footage.
Research note: Human hands and private property are visible, so copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s France home movie handwriting, dip pen greeting, Bon Soir card, ashtray table close-up, and 8mm domestic writing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1945 France domestic interiors, and then with broader themes of handwritten messages and post-war home life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1945 French home-movie footage, hands write the beginning of “Bon Soir” in dark ink on a brown card beside an ashtray. — A hand begins writing “Bon Soir” on a brown card at a domestic table.

A close 8mm frame shows hands and a dip pen completing more of “Bon Soir” on a brown card in a French domestic setting. — The handwritten greeting becomes legible as the pen moves across the card.

The completed “Bon Soir” greeting is visible on the brown card, with hands, tablecloth, and ashtray nearby in the 1945 France clip. — The card shows the nearly completed handwritten “Bon Soir” greeting.

The dip pen adds a dark finishing mark beneath “Bon Soir” on the brown card while the tabletop ashtray remains visible. — A final pen stroke is added beneath the handwritten greeting.

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