Saint Louis Missouri-1965: A Man Takes A Photo Of A Stone Statue Of The Madonna

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Saint Louis Missouri

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A Man Takes A Photo Of A Stone Statue Of The Madonna — Clip Details

A man in a patterned shirt and glasses takes a photo with a vintage camera in Saint Louis, Missouri, 1965. The scene captures a 8mm home movie moment with soft focus and film grain, showing a stone statue of the Madonna and Christ in a somber, purple-tinted silhouette against a dark background. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality with natural lighting and slight motion blur, evoking mid-century American family memories.

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: 125314461

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 1026 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1965
Reel-level location note: saint louis
Date: 1965 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: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States 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 Missouri home-movie requests needing Catholic devotional sculpture, family travel, or a visitor photographing a religious statue.
Period detail: The patterned shirt, eyeglasses, handheld camera, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1960s home-movie setting in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor moment as a man pauses to photograph the Madonna and Christ statue during a family or travel outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a flower-covered cross, dark stone Madonna and Christ sculpture, a man with a camera, grass, brick building, and soft garden surroundings.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, uneven exposure, soft focus, purple color shift, and handheld framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for faith, travel, family documentation, or mid-century devotional imagery.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private visitor's view of religious statuary in a landscaped outdoor setting rather than a formal ceremony or identified public event.
Research note: A man is visible and religious subject matter appears, so likeness and contextual review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Searches may include 1965 Saint Louis 8mm religious statue, man photographing Madonna and Christ, Catholic garden sculpture home movie, and vintage Missouri travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel or family footage, then Saint Louis 1965 material, then related religious sculpture, garden shrine, or visitor photography scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1965 Saint Louis 8mm frame showing a flower-covered cross or shrine form with dark trees behind it. — A flower-covered cross or shrine form appears in soft focus against dark greenery.

Purple-tinted 8mm frame of a dark Madonna and Christ statue silhouetted in an outdoor Saint Louis setting. — The Madonna and Christ statue is seen in dark silhouette against a pale background.

Close 1965 8mm view of the Madonna and Christ statue, with the figures mostly in shadow and purple color shift. — A closer view shows the religious statue mostly in shadow.

A man in glasses and a patterned shirt photographs the scene with a handheld camera in Saint Louis, Missouri, 1965. — A man raises a camera to photograph the religious garden display.

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