Athens Greece-1976: Two Uniformed Guards Stationed At The Entrance Of A Gate

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationAthens, Greece
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Greece

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Two Uniformed Guards Stationed At The Entrance Of A Gate — Clip Details

ATHENS GREECE-1976: Two uniformed Greek Evzones guards stand at attention in front of a striped sentry box at a gate. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the iconic ceremonial uniforms with dark jackets, white pleated fustanella skirts, and red fez hats. The guards remain motionless, holding rifles, as the camera pans slightly to reveal a second guard and a stone pillar with Greek text. The scene is bathed in the faded, cool-toned colors characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the 1970s, with visible film grain and a nostalgic, historic atmosphere.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127395308

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1240 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: jesus walked here,holyland,garden tomb,dead sea scrolls,abraham tomb,sea of galliee,part 2
Reel-level year note: 1976
Reel-level location note: israel,athens greece
Date: 1976 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: Athens, Greece 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Athens documentary needs involving ceremonial guards, state entrances, tourism viewpoints, or Greek urban travel footage.
Period detail: The visible 1970s clues include 8mm color, soft exposure, a striped sentry box, iron gate, rifles, and Evzones-style ceremonial uniforms.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, holding on the motionless guards and slightly reframing to include the gate and stone pillar.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two uniformed guards, red caps, dark tunics, white stockings, rifles, a striped sentry box, iron fencing, and a stone pillar with Greek text.
Film character: Cool faded color, grain, gate weave, contact-sheet edge artifacts, and mild handheld framing give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an Athens establishing insert, a ceremonial cutaway, a travel-memory beat, or a transition into Greek civic imagery.
Historical context: The footage documents a tourist-facing view of ceremonial guards at a formal entrance in Athens without confirming the exact institution from the frames alone.
Research note: People, uniforms, rifles, and readable Greek signage are visible, so likeness, location, and contextual use should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1976 Athens 8mm guards, Greek Evzones home movie, ceremonial sentry gate footage, and vintage Greece travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Athens 1976 material, then broader Greece travel or ceremonial guard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Athens, Greece, a uniformed ceremonial guard stands at attention near a striped sentry box and iron gate in 1976 8mm footage. — Ceremonial guard standing motionless beside the gate and sentry box.

A ceremonial guard stands by the Athens gate and sentry box, while part of a visitor's head enters the lower frame. — Guard framed beside the gate as a passerby partly enters the shot.

The 1976 Athens home-movie frame holds on a uniformed guard at attention before a striped sentry box and iron fence. — Static view of the guard, sentry box, and gate details.

Two ceremonial guards are visible near an Athens entrance, one by the sentry box and one beside a stone pillar with Greek text. — The camera widens to show a second guard and the marked stone pillar.

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