France-1949: Notre-Dame Cathedral Gothic Architecture And Stone Buttresses

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationFrance
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 France

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Notre-Dame Cathedral Gothic Architecture And Stone... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures the iconic Gothic architecture of Notre-Dame Cathedral in France. The footage, framed by a dark border suggesting a window view, pans across the cathedral's massive stone buttresses, flying buttresses, and intricate stonework. Lush green trees and a streetlamp appear in the foreground, with a glimpse of a yellow sign reading 'GÉVOR' visible in one frame. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color tones, and subtle grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of Parisian landmarks from the late 1940s.

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: 125782723

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 1003 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: Ireland,France
Date: 1949 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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing late-1940s 8mm views of Notre-Dame Cathedral architecture in France.
Period detail: The color 8mm view may show a postwar-era tourist perspective, with mature trees, a streetlamp, and cathedral stonework visible around 1949.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor filming from behind a dark window or opening, lingering on architectural details rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Gothic towers, stone buttresses, flying-buttress forms, leafy trees, a streetlamp, roofline details, and dark frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, slight blur, and visible grain give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a Paris landmark insert, architectural cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a Notre-Dame or France sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a brief home-movie view of a major French religious landmark as seen through tourist framing, without visible crowds or interior ceremony.
Research note: No people are visible, but researchers should review landmark, property, and copyright context separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 France 8mm Notre-Dame exterior, vintage Paris cathedral footage, Gothic buttresses home movie, and archival landmark cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with France or Paris footage from 1949, then with broader European cathedral and landmark exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 France 8mm frame showing Notre-Dame Cathedral exterior stone buttresses, leafy trees, and a streetlamp through dark borders. — Notre-Dame exterior stonework and trees framed by dark borders.

1949 France frame with Notre-Dame Cathedral buttresses, part of a tower, foreground trees, and dark gate-like film edges. — Buttresses and tower detail of Notre-Dame seen past trees.

1949 France 8mm still showing Notre-Dame tower stonework, buttresses, roofline, and a large tree in the foreground. — Tower stonework and buttresses rise above foreground trees.

1949 France frame showing the upper portion of Notre-Dame Cathedral, with tower openings, stone ornament, roofline, and trees below. — Upper cathedral tower and roofline in a soft 8mm view.

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