Venice Italy-1960: Winged Lion Of St. Mark And Bell Tower

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationVenice, Italy
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Italy

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Winged Lion Of St — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage footage captures iconic landmarks in Venice, Italy. The clip opens with a close-up of the winged lion of St. Mark, a symbol of Venice, perched atop a building with blue tiled walls. The camera then pans to reveal the historic bell tower, its green-tiled spire rising against a clear sky. The grainy, color-graded quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, mid-century European atmosphere, perfect for historical documentaries, travel narratives, or archival 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: 124933850

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 1067 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: pope john xviii, color
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: italy
Date: 1960 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960 Venice home-movie footage suited to documentary or editorial requests for concise architectural views of St. Mark's symbols and the bell tower skyline.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, handheld framing, and mid-century travel-film metadata support a 1960 visitor view of Venice landmarks rather than a staged production scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on recognizable architectural details from below as the camera shifts between the winged lion and tower.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a winged lion sculpture, blue patterned wall, stone balcony, tower spire, column-top lion silhouette, arched openings, and clear sky.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the landmark views physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short Venice insert, architectural cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat within a mid-century European sequence.
Historical context: The frames show Venice civic and religious iconography as encountered by a traveler, with emphasis on exterior landmark details rather than street activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark, architectural, copyright, and property-context questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm Venice footage, Winged Lion of St. Mark, St. Mark's bell tower, Italian travel home movies, and vintage landmark cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Venice travel shots, then other 1960 Venice exteriors, then broader Italian landmark or European tourist home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Venice 8mm frame showing a winged lion sculpture above a facade with blue patterned panels and stone trim. — Winged lion sculpture seen on a Venice facade with blue patterned wall panels.

1960 Venice 8mm frame with the winged lion of St. Mark on a decorated facade, framed by soft focus and film edge shadow. — Winged lion of St. Mark on a decorated building facade.

1960 Venice 8mm frame showing a column-top winged lion silhouette beside the bell tower and green-tiled spire against blue sky. — Column-top lion and bell tower spire viewed from below in Venice.

1960 Venice 8mm frame with the bell tower spire and column-mounted winged lion seen from a low visitor angle. — Bell tower spire and winged lion statue framed against a clear sky.

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