Venice Italy-1960: Campanile Di San Marco And St Mark's Lion Statue

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

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Campanile Di San Marco And St Mark's Lion Statue — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage footage captures iconic landmarks in Venice, Italy. The clip opens with a view of the Campanile di San Marco, its ornate clock tower rising against a clear sky, alongside the winged lion statue of St. Mark on a stone column. The scene transitions to a bustling piazza, showing the grand facade of St. Mark's Basilica and the arched colonnades of the Procuratie, with tourists strolling through the historic square. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, handheld quality, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century Venice.

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: 124933856

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of Venice landmarks and Piazza San Marco.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century tourist views of the Campanile di San Marco, the winged lion column, and St. Mark's Square as identified in the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like a traveler recording recognized landmarks from ground level, with brief reframing between architectural details and the busy square.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the bell tower, winged lion column, blue sky, basilica facade, arcaded colonnades, stone paving, and visitors in the piazza.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, muted color, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short location insert, travel transition, Venice establishing detail, or memory beat within a mid-century Europe sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents public sightseeing around Venice's major civic and religious landmarks without supporting claims about a specific event or ceremony.
Research note: People appear in the square at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1960 Venice 8mm footage, Piazza San Marco home movie, Campanile di San Marco travel film, or vintage Italy landmarks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 Venice material, and then broader European landmark or tourist-square footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Venice 8mm frame showing the Campanile di San Marco beside the winged lion column in Piazza San Marco. — The campanile and winged lion column are framed from below against the sky.

Visitor-shot 1960 Venice view of the winged lion statue and upper Campanile di San Marco, with film-edge framing. — The camera holds on the lion column and the upper tower details.

1960 Venice frame with the winged lion column in the foreground and the Campanile di San Marco behind it. — The lion column and campanile fill the frame in a close landmark view.

1960 Venice 8mm frame showing St. Mark's Square with basilica architecture, long arcades, and visitors walking below. — Visitors move through Piazza San Marco beneath the basilica facade and arcaded buildings.

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