Quebec Canada-1952: Ocean View With Pier And Street Scene With Pedestrians

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Canada

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Ocean View With Pier And Street Scene With Pedestrians — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a serene ocean view with strong waves crashing onto the shore, framed by a long pier extending into the water under a clear sky. The scene transitions to a bustling street in Quebec, Canada, where pedestrians in mid-century attire walk past historic stone buildings under bright daylight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123333969

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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: 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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 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: Quebec, Canada 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: Serves 1950s Canadian and coastal documentary requests; works as establishing scenery or street-life cutaway in mid-century historical productions.
Period detail: Pedestrian dress and street-level advertising signs in the street scene may reflect early-1950s Quebec urban life; stone commercial architecture reinforces mid-century setting.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist or visitor filming familiar landmarks without staging subjects — sweeping the shoreline and then turning the camera toward a busy downtown block.
What appears in frame: Sandy beach with breaking surf, a long pier extending seaward, grey-blue overcast sky, large multi-storey stone building facade, pedestrians in winter coats, street-level advertising signs, and a distant domed or tower structure.
Film character: 8mm stock renders beach sequences in muted greys and blues with moderate grain; brighter daylight in the street scene brings warm tones to stone masonry with subtle colour shift typical of early reversal film.
Edit role: Beach-pier shots serve as mood-establishing environmental inserts; the street scene works as a cutaway or transitional beat into a mid-century Canadian urban sequence.
Historical context: Pedestrian dress and stone commercial architecture in the street scene are consistent with a Canadian city in the early 1950s; specific building identification requires expert review.
Research note: Pedestrians appear incidentally at public-street distance; background advertising signage may carry third-party copyright — review for legibility before broadcast; source-reel copyright status is unverified.
Research search match: Relevant to searches for 1950s Canadian street scene, vintage pier beach 8mm, Quebec 1952 home movie, and mid-century pedestrians stone buildings.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel if available; then with 1950s Canadian urban street footage; then with coastal pier or beach footage from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home-movie frame circa 1952 showing a sandy shoreline with white-capped surf and a pier structure extending seaward under an overcast sky. — Beach and pier, circa 1952.

Second 8mm frame in a circa-1952 beach sequence showing surf, wet sand, and a pier extending into the sea under a hazy sky. — Shoreline and pier, continued, circa 1952.

Later moment in a circa-1952 8mm beach sequence with breaking surf and the pier structure partially visible at frame left. — Shore and pier edge, circa 1952.

8mm street scene attributed to Quebec, Canada, circa 1952, showing pedestrians in winter coats alongside a stone commercial building with advertising signs and a dome visible in the distance. — Street scene with pedestrians, Quebec area, circa 1952.

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