Versailles France-1962: Fountain in Formal Garden at Versailles

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

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Fountain in Formal Garden at Versailles — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene fountain in a formal garden at Versailles, France. The central water jet sprays upward, surrounded by lush green hedges and classical stone statues. A person in light-colored clothing sits quietly on a bench nearby, observing the scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, a slightly faded color palette, and the characteristic vignette of old home movie footage. The Eiffel Tower is faintly visible in the distance, suggesting a view from a nearby Parisian vantage point. This archival clip evokes a sense of 1960s European leisure and nostalgia, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 124811441

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: 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 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: 1960s French home-movie footage suited to archival requests for formal gardens, fountains, leisure travel, and quiet European park cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1960s tourist filming through faded 8mm color, with formal garden statuary, benches, clipped greenery, and a distant tower-like landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a visitor-shot view that lingers on water, sculpture, and a seated parkgoer rather than a staged public event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a fountain basin, tall water jet, stone figures, urns, hedges, benches, a seated person, and a distant urban skyline.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm cutaway, memory beat, travel insert, or transition between broader scenes of France, gardens, or 1960s leisure.
Historical context: The footage documents a mid-century tourist gaze on a formal French garden, emphasizing public leisure space, ornamental water, and classical landscaping.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 France 8mm fountain, Versailles garden home movie, vintage park fountain footage, and 1960s European travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Versailles or France 1962 clips, then broader fountain, garden, park, and travel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm frame from France showing a distant tower-like landmark above rooftops and trees, framed by dark film borders. — A distant skyline and tower rise beyond trees in a soft, faded home-movie frame.

1962 Versailles garden frame showing a fountain spraying before dense greenery, with stone figures and a seated park visitor nearby. — A fountain sprays in a formal garden while a person sits near stone ornaments.

1962 Versailles home-movie frame with the fountain centered, water falling into the basin, stone garden ornaments, benches, and a seated visitor. — The fountain fills the frame, backed by hedges and formal garden seating.

1962 Versailles garden frame showing a fountain and stone sculpture against dense hedges, with a seated person visible near the right edge. — A final view holds on the fountain, statuary, greenery, and a nearby seated visitor.

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