New Orleans USA-1952: Equestrian Statue and Historic Building

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationNew Orleans, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 New Orleans

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Equestrian Statue and Historic Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a majestic equestrian statue of a soldier on a rearing horse, set against a backdrop of trees and a clear sky. The footage transitions to a grand, ornate building with a prominent clock tower, likely a historic church or civic landmark. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic 1950s American travel memory. The sequence suggests a family's journey through New Orleans, capturing iconic landmarks with a personal, documentary feel.

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: 123336396

Rights & Clearance

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1863 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: new orleans
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: New Orleans, United States 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 American travel documentary briefs, postwar tourism sequences, and New Orleans city-identity productions needing footage of period landmark visits.
Period detail: The pronounced violet-purple color shift and coarse grain are consistent with aged mid-1950s reversal stock; a bronze equestrian statue and neoclassical building facade with clock tower may show Jackson Square landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist's handheld tilt to frame the rearing-horse statue from below, then a cut to the grand building facade, gives the spontaneous visitor-eye framing characteristic of 1950s American leisure travel records.
What appears in frame: Bronze equestrian statue of a uniformed rider on a rearing horse, stone pedestal base, mature deciduous trees, pale overcast sky, grand neoclassical stone facade, arched windows, a central clock face, and deep purple-cast film grain.
Film character: Aged reversal stock with a deep violet-purple color cast, visible frame-edge grain, soft peripheral focus, and slight handheld wobble give the footage tangible 1950s home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a location-establishing cutaway or nostalgic travel-memory insert; the building shot provides a natural scene transition from civic monument to historic architecture within the same area.
Historical context: Midcentury American leisure tourism frequently included stops at civic monuments; an equestrian statue adjacent to a cathedral-style facade suggests this may document a stop in New Orleans' French Quarter.
Research note: No identifiable people are visible; both the statue and building appear to be outdoor public monuments, though researchers should verify whether any depicted works carry separate copyright claims under applicable law.
Research search match: 1950s New Orleans landmark footage, vintage 8mm equestrian statue travel film, midcentury American South tourism home movie, archival cathedral exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips tagged 'new orleans to pacific trip 1952' from the same reel; then 1950s American city-landmark home movies; then archival footage of equestrian monuments or French Quarter architecture.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close-up 8mm view of an equestrian statue, likely in New Orleans' Jackson Square circa 1952, showing a uniformed rider on a rearing horse against a pale overcast sky. — Equestrian statue, close-up, 8mm film, circa 1952.

Wider 8mm view of an equestrian statue in New Orleans, circa 1952, showing a uniformed figure on a rearing horse against a backdrop of trees and pale sky. — Equestrian statue, wider angle, New Orleans, 8mm, circa 1952.

8mm home-movie frame of an equestrian statue in New Orleans, circa 1952, with a partial steeple or spire entering from the left edge of frame. — Equestrian statue with partial architectural steeple at frame left, 8mm, New Orleans, circa 1952.

8mm home-movie view of a grand neoclassical facade with a central clock and tiered arched windows, likely a New Orleans landmark such as a cathedral or civic building, circa 1952. — Neoclassical building facade with central clock, possibly a New Orleans cathedral or civic landmark, 8mm, circa 1952.

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