Quebec Canada-1952: A View Of The Ocean And The Surrounding Area

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

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A View Of The Ocean And The Surrounding Area — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a panoramic view of Quebec City from an elevated vantage point. The frame, bordered by dark window trim, reveals a dense residential neighborhood in the foreground with traditional houses and lush green trees. In the distance, a large industrial complex stands near the water's edge, with the expansive ocean stretching to the horizon under a hazy sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century urban and waterfront life in Quebec.

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: 123335945

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Canadian city panorama on 8mm color film; suits documentary, educational, or social-history productions covering postwar Canadian urban life.
Period detail: Residential rooftops and tree canopy are consistent with early 1950s Canadian housing stock; a large block-like institutional or industrial structure in mid-distance may indicate postwar development.
Home-movie behavior: An amateur visitor or resident captured this panoramic view from an elevated position, likely a window or overlook, recording the cityscape as a personal travel memory.
What appears in frame: Pitched residential rooftops, green tree canopy, dense residential neighborhood, large rectangular block building in mid-distance, flat distant terrain, hazy overcast sky, dark window-frame edges visible in foreground frames.
Film character: 8mm color film exhibits visible grain, slight color desaturation toward cool blue-grey tones, and soft focus on distant elements, lending an authentic mid-century archival texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or context cutaway in historical documentaries, or as a memory-beat transition illustrating postwar Canadian urban life.
Historical context: The dense low-rise residential neighborhood and prominent large building may reflect mid-century urban expansion in Quebec; no specific landmarks are identifiable with certainty from the frames.
Research note: No people or legible signage appear visible in these frames; as a landscape cityscape it carries low likeness risk, though any identifiable private property should be reviewed by a clearance professional.
Research search match: 1950s Quebec Canada city panorama, vintage 8mm Canadian residential neighborhood, postwar Canada elevated cityscape, mid-century Canadian town view color film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Quebec 1952 reel; then with 1950s Canadian city or urban landscape footage; then with postwar North American residential neighborhood panoramas.

Still Frames From This Clip

Elevated view of a dense residential neighborhood in Quebec, Canada, circa 1952, with pitched-roof houses, green trees, and a large building on the horizon, on 8mm color film. — Elevated panorama of a residential neighborhood with a large building in the distance, Quebec, circa 1952.

Elevated cityscape view consistent with Quebec, Canada, circa 1952, showing residential rooftops, green trees, and a large building in the mid-distance under a hazy sky, on 8mm color film. — Elevated residential panorama with large building in background, Quebec, circa 1952.

Elevated panorama likely in Quebec, Canada, circa 1952, with residential rooftops spreading to the horizon and a large block building in the mid-distance under a hazy sky, on 8mm color film. — Panned elevated panorama showing residential area and distant block building under a hazy sky, circa 1952.

Elevated cityscape view consistent with Quebec, Canada, circa 1952, showing residential rooftops in the foreground and a large building with a distant landscape feature on the right horizon, on 8mm color film. — Elevated panorama with residential rooftops and large building on right horizon, Quebec, circa 1952.

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