France-1945: A Person Writing 'Bon Soir Bud' On A Card

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Year1945
Decade1940s
LocationFrance
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1945 France

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A Person Writing 'Bon Soir Bud' On A Card — Clip Details

A close-up shot from a 1945 French home movie shows a hand writing "Bon Soir Bud" in black marker on a brown card. The card rests on a patterned tablecloth with a glass ashtray filled with cigarette butts nearby. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the intimate, candid moment of someone creating a personal note, with visible film grain and warm, slightly faded colors characteristic of vintage home movies.

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: 123139728

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s French home-movie requests needing an intimate writing insert, personal-message cutaway, or wartime-era domestic detail.
Period detail: The 8mm color, handwritten card, patterned tablecloth, and ashtray may show a modest mid-1940s domestic tabletop setting in France.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged act of someone making a personal note by hand, with only hands and tabletop objects visible.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown card, black handwritten words, a writing hand, a resting hand, patterned tablecloth, wooden table edge, ashtray, and cigarette butts.
Film character: Warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, and slight frame instability give the 8mm material a tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a close insert, handwritten-message cutaway, transition into correspondence, or brief memory beat.
Historical context: The scene suggests informal private communication rather than public ceremony, with domestic smoking materials and handmade lettering as social context.
Research note: Hands and private-property context are visible, so likeness and property review may still be needed separate from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1945 France 8mm home movie writing card, handwritten note close-up, vintage tabletop ashtray, and personal message footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then France 1945 domestic material, then broader themes of handwritten notes, home interiors, and personal memory.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1945 France home-movie footage, hands steady a brown card as a personal note is written beside an ashtray on a patterned tablecloth. — Hands write "Bon Soir Bud" on a brown card beside an ashtray.

A close 8mm frame shows a hand underlining "Bud" beneath "Bon Soir" on a brown card in a French home-movie tabletop scene. — The writer underlines the name "Bud" on the card.

The brown card with "Bon Soir Bud" fills the frame as a hand makes another mark near the lower edge on a patterned tabletop. — The handwritten card remains centered as the writer adds a final mark.

The completed handwritten card reading "Bon Soir Bud" rests on a patterned tablecloth, with hands and a glass ashtray visible nearby. — The finished message card sits on the tabletop beside the ashtray.

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