Barcelona Spain-1959: People Ascending Cathedral Steps and a Grand Fountain

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationBarcelona, Spain
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Barcelona Spain

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People Ascending Cathedral Steps and a Grand Fountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a group of people ascending stone steps toward a grand, ornate cathedral entrance in Barcelona, Spain. Men in fedoras and suits and women in dresses navigate the steps under overcast skies, with a few holding umbrellas, suggesting damp, gloomy weather. The scene exudes a nostalgic, documentary feel, with the film's characteristic grain and color palette enhancing its historical authenticity. The clip transitions to a majestic fountain in a sunlit garden, featuring a large sculptural centerpiece with winged figures and water jets, surrounded by manicured hedges and classical architecture, offering a contrast between the somber city scene and a moment of serene beauty.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127400958

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Barcelona, Spain Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Barcelona travel, tourism, street life, and landmark cutaways in documentary, museum, educational, or period editorial projects.
Period detail: Men in suits and brimmed hats, women in dresses, stone civic or religious architecture, and color 8mm texture support a late-1950s visitor-shot European travel record.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged tourist viewpoint, moving from people climbing public steps to lingering views of an ornate fountain and garden architecture.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pedestrians on cathedral steps, dark coats and hats, umbrellas, carved stonework, a sculptural fountain, water, hedges, and arched architecture.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and saturated home-movie color that reads as period physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short Barcelona establishing insert, a travel-memory transition, or a cutaway between urban architecture and garden monument scenes.
Historical context: The footage suggests mid-century public sightseeing in Barcelona, contrasting damp, crowded stone steps with brighter leisure views around a monumental fountain.
Research note: People and recognizable faces may require likeness review, while the public architecture and fountain should still be checked separately for copyright or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 Barcelona 8mm home movie, tourists on cathedral steps, vintage Spain travel footage, and ornate fountain garden cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Barcelona or Spain 1959 travel scenes, then broader 1950s European tourism, public steps, fountains, and city landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Barcelona home-movie frame of pedestrians ascending stone steps toward an ornate public or religious entrance in damp weather. — Pedestrians in coats and hats climb stone steps toward a carved entrance.

1959 Barcelona travel footage shows a grand sculptural fountain with winged figures, water, hedges, and arched architecture. — A monumental fountain with sculpted figures appears beside water and garden planting.

1959 Barcelona home-movie view of an ornate fountain complex, with sculpture, water, hedges, stairs, and classical stone architecture. — The camera holds on the fountain complex and surrounding garden architecture.

Late-1950s Barcelona 8mm frame of the ornate fountain from a slightly darker angle, with sculpture, water, stairs, and arches visible. — The final view keeps the sculptural fountain centered against arched architecture.

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