Ireland-1949: Tourist Taking Video Of An Ancient Historic Castle On A Rocky Hillside

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationIreland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 Ireland

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Tourist Taking Video Of An Ancient Historic Castle On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a historic castle perched atop a rocky hillside in Ireland. The ancient stone structure, partially covered in ivy, stands amidst dense green forest under a bright sky. The footage, framed by the projector's black borders, shows slight motion blur and film grain, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The camera remains steady, offering a distant view of the castle and surrounding landscape, evoking a sense of timeless beauty and historical wonder.

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: 125782836

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: Ireland 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Ireland home-movie footage suited to requests for scenic castle views, tourist travel inserts, or historic landscape cutaways.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century visitor-shot 8mm travel footage, with the era supported by the 1949 metadata rather than visible clothing or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a tourist pausing at a distance to record a castle set into a wooded rocky hillside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a stone castle tower, rocky outcrop, dense green woodland, ivy or foliage, pale sky, black film borders, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, mild motion blur, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame borders characteristic of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel-memory insert, Ireland establishing cutaway, castle reference shot, or quiet transition between archival journey scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar-era tourist looking at older stone architecture in a rural or wooded Irish landscape, without identifying the specific landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark, property, copyright, and location identification should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1949 Ireland 8mm castle footage, vintage Irish tourist home movie, wooded hillside castle, and historic stone tower travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Ireland 1949 travel views, then broader vintage castle, landscape, and tourist home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Ireland 8mm frame showing a distant stone castle on a rocky, forested hillside with soft focus and pale sky. — Distant view of a castle rising from a wooded rocky hillside.

1949 Ireland travel-film frame with a castle tower and smaller turret set among rocks, ivy, and thick green woodland. — Castle structure and turret partly surrounded by trees and rock.

Soft 1949 Ireland 8mm frame showing a castle on a rocky outcrop, surrounded by green trees and dark film borders. — Castle on a rocky outcrop seen through soft home-movie focus.

1949 Ireland home-movie frame with a distant castle above a rocky hillside, enclosed by woodland and visible 8mm frame edges. — Final distant view of the castle set into a wooded hillside.

Visually Similar Clips