Venice Italy-1962: Gondola Sailing In The Canals And A Man Walking Down Steps

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

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationVenice, Italy
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Venice Italy

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Gondola Sailing In The Canals And A Man Walking Down Steps — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a gondolier in a light shirt and dark trousers standing in a gondola as it glides through Venice's canals. The scene transitions to a man in a dark robe walking down wide stone steps near a grand building. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, personal home movie aesthetic, offering authentic archival footage of daily life in Venice during the early 1960s.

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: 124811165

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 1712 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: vatican visit to pope,lg fountain
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: rome,italy
Date: 1962 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: Venice, Italy 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Venice travel, canal-life, or European city atmosphere sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1960s visitor views of gondolas, stone canal edges, broad steps, and formal dark clothing in Venice.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, following passing gondolas and a robed man on steps without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include gondolas, canal water, a standing gondolier, stone steps, a large building facade, and a robed man walking.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, faded color, gate edges, and visible grain give the short reel a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief Venice insert, canal transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway from water to civic steps.
Historical context: The clip documents tourist-facing Venice views and everyday movement around canals and public steps without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: People are visible, including a robed adult figure; copyright, likeness, and any location or institutional permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 Venice 8mm gondola canal footage, robed man on steps, and early 1960s Italy home movie travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1962 Venice canal footage, then broader Italy travel, gondola, waterway, or European street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Venice 8mm frame showing a gondola near canal water with a standing gondolier cropped at the upper edge. — A gondola passes close to the camera with the gondolier partly visible above the boat.

Venice canal view from 1962 footage, with a gondola crossing the frame and water filling the background. — A gondola glides through the canal as the handheld camera tracks the boat.

Close 8mm view of canal water and the curved prow of a gondola during a Venice travel shot. — The camera moves close to a gondola prow with rippling canal water below.

1962 Venice 8mm frame showing a robed adult man on broad stone steps near a large architectural facade. — A robed man walks along wide steps in front of a grand stone building.

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