Versailles France-1962: View Of Football Field Sized Pool With Monuments And Statues

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationVersailles, France
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Versailles France

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View Of Football Field Sized Pool With Monuments And Statues — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of the Grand Canal at Versailles, France. The camera pans across the long, rectangular pool, reflecting the surrounding trees and classical statues. In the foreground, a detailed bronze fountain sculpture adds depth, while white marble monuments line the far edge of the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, archival quality, evoking mid-century European travel and royal garden aesthetics.

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: 124811324

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1710 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: convention,parade
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: cannes,france,nice
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: Versailles, France 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: Useful for 1960s European travel, Versailles gardens, and archival cutaways of formal water features in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, soft focus, formal garden setting, and visitor framing support the supplied 1962 Versailles home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on the long pool, statues, trees, and foreground sculpture rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad rectangular pool, stone edging, classical statues, dense trees, reflections, a walkway, and bronze fountain sculpture.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded blue-green color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, establishing cutaway, reflective transition, or quiet memory beat for Versailles or mid-century tourism.
Historical context: The view places a tourist camera within the formal gardens at Versailles, emphasizing landscape design, sculpture, water, and leisure observation.
Research note: No people, brands, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location/property, and artwork-related permissions should still be reviewed by use case.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm Versailles gardens footage, Grand Canal pool statues, French formal garden home movie, and vintage travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Versailles material, then broader French garden, palace grounds, or European travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Versailles home-movie frame showing a formal pool, distant statues, dense trees, and a foreground bronze sculpture by the water. — Foreground sculpture frames the formal pool and statues in the Versailles gardens.

1962 Versailles garden view across a long reflecting pool toward white statues, stone edging, and dense trees. — The camera looks across the pool toward statues and a shaded tree line.

1962 Versailles footage frame showing the pool surface, formal stone edging, distant garden statues, and surrounding trees. — Stone borders and distant statues define the formal garden pool.

1962 Versailles home-movie frame with a wide pool view, formal statues, tree-lined background, walkway, and reflected stonework. — A wider garden view shows the pool, walkway, statues, and tree line.

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