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Vatican City-1962: Man Takes Drink And Smiles As Men Pass Then Traffic Officer

  • Year1962
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationVatican City, Vatican City
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1962 Vatican City
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Man Takes Drink And Smiles As Men Pass Then Traffic Officer — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and glasses smiles while drinking from a glass at an outdoor café in Vatican City, 1962. He raises his glass, then takes a sip, clearly enjoying the moment. In the background, classic cars and a traffic officer in uniform walk past. The scene captures a candid moment of everyday life in mid-century Rome, with vibrant colors and the characteristic grain of 8mm home movie footage. The setting features yellow café chairs, trees, and historic architecture, evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of 1960s European life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124810776

Rights & Clearance

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 record not linked for this clip
Date
1962 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Vatican City, Vatican City Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s European travel, Vatican City street life, and candid outdoor cafe inserts in documentary or museum productions.
Period detail
Visible clues include mid-century cars, uniformed street officers, yellow cafe chairs, and visitor clothing consistent with the supplied 1962 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The value is an unstaged tourist or companion view of a smiling man drinking at a cafe while city movement continues behind him.
What appears in frame
The clip shows a man with glasses, a drinking glass, yellow cafe seating, passing uniformed men, vintage cars, a crosswalk, trees, and stone buildings.
Film character
The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure fluctuation, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of original home-movie footage.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, travel-memory beat, cafe-life insert, or transition from personal travel to Vatican-area street activity.
Historical context
The scene places everyday leisure beside official street presence and car traffic, giving social texture to a visitor-shot view of Vatican City in the early 1960s.
Research note
Faces and uniformed officers are visible, so likeness and context review may be needed even where copyright licensing for the footage is addressed separately.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1962 Vatican City home movie, 8mm Rome cafe man drinking, vintage traffic officer street scene, and 1960s European travel footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Vatican City 1962 material, then broader 1960s European cafe and street-traffic scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Vatican City in 1962, a man in glasses smiles with a drink at an outdoor cafe, with yellow chairs and vintage cars behind him.
A seated man smiles and lifts his glass at an outdoor cafe.
The man sips from his glass at the cafe while uniformed men pass and mid-century cars line the Vatican City street.
The man takes a sip as uniformed figures move through the background.
At the outdoor cafe, the man smiles while lowering his glass as two uniformed men pass behind him near parked cars.
A candid smile as the glass is lowered at the cafe table.
A traffic officer in a light uniform stands by a crosswalk in Vatican City as cars pass in front of stone buildings.
A uniformed traffic officer watches cars at a crosswalk.

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