New Orleans USA-1952: View Of A Very Old Stone Building Surrounded By A Grass

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

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View Of A Very Old Stone Building Surrounded By A Grass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a historic stone building with a bell tower and dome, surrounded by trees and grass. The footage shows a wide view of the structure, likely a mission or church, with natural vegetation growing around its base. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, archival quality. The camera remains mostly static, offering a serene, timeless look at a historic landmark during a road trip 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: 123336799

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: Fits 1950s American road-trip and historic landmark documentary requests; useful for establishing sequences about Spanish Colonial missions or Southwest historic sites.
Period detail: The dome, bell tower, and adobe or stone construction suggest a Spanish Colonial mission; desert scrub vegetation in frames 2–4 appears consistent with the American Southwest rather than subtropical New Orleans.
Home-movie behavior: The opening close-up through flowering vines then pulling back to the full facade follows a classic tourist-shot pattern typical of 1950s family road-trip filmmaking.
What appears in frame: Flowering vine canopy with yellow blooms, stone arch beneath foliage, cream-colored mission facade, bell tower with open belfry, rounded dome, desert scrub trees, dry sandy ground, pale blue sky.
Film character: 8mm color reversal stock shows moderate grain, a blue-gray cast in exterior frames, and a visible film scratch in the final frame — textures that authenticate its mid-century amateur origin.
Edit role: The vine close-up works as a transitional insert or chapter opener; the three near-static exterior shots serve as historical establishing cutaways in documentary sequences.
Historical context: The reel tag 'new orleans to pacific trip' suggests this landmark was captured en route westward; the architecture and vegetation appear more consistent with the American Southwest than New Orleans.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music identified; the structure appears to be a historic public landmark, but specific identification, property status, and jurisdictional clearance should be independently confirmed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s American road trip, historic church or mission exterior, Spanish Colonial architecture, Southwest landmark, and vintage 8mm travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same 'new orleans to pacific trip' reel; then 1950s Southwest mission or church footage; then mid-century American road-trip landmark sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close-up through flowering vines with yellow blooms partially revealing a stone arch below, likely a mission garden entrance — 8mm, circa 1952. — Flowering vines over a stone arch at an unidentified landmark, 1952 road-trip footage.

Wide view of a Spanish Colonial mission-style structure showing a bell tower and rounded dome with desert scrub trees in foreground — 8mm, likely American Southwest, 1952. — Mission-style building with bell tower and dome, likely American Southwest, 1952.

Exterior of a mission-style building with dome and adobe walls across dry open ground — 8mm color reversal film, likely American Southwest, 1952. — Mission dome and adobe walls across dry open ground, 1952 road-trip footage.

Exterior of a mission-style building with dome framed by desert scrub — 1952 8mm footage with a visible film scratch in the lower frame area. — Mission exterior with dome; film scratch mark visible in lower portion of frame, 1952.

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