Rome Italy-1959: A Film Of A Stone Water Fountain In Rome Italy

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationRome, Italy
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Rome Italy

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A Film Of A Stone Water Fountain In Rome Italy — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage footage captures the iconic Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy. The clip shows the grand Baroque stone sculpture with water flowing, surrounded by classic Roman buildings under a clear blue sky. Pedestrians in period clothing walk through the piazza, including a woman in a dark coat and blue scarf. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of a home movie, offering an authentic slice of mid-century European life and architecture.

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: 127725394

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 1125 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: italian trip,casablanca,gibralter,barcelona,rome,florence,pisa,milan,naples
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: italy
Date: 1959 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: Rome, Italy 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 1950s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot home-movie footage of Rome architecture and a major public fountain.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1950s tourist dress, dark coats, handbags, and a quieter piazza setting around the Trevi Fountain.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a traveler pausing in the piazza to film the fountain while pedestrians pass through the foreground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include carved stone figures, flowing fountain water, bollards, paved piazza, surrounding Roman buildings, blue sky, and pedestrians.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, dark frame edges, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Rome establishing insert, architectural cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat in a mid-century Europe sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents public sightseeing around a Roman landmark, with visitors moving through the square rather than staged activity.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, landmark, and location-use questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1959 Rome 8mm home movie, Trevi Fountain travel footage, mid-century Italy piazza, and vintage European tourism may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Rome or Italy footage from 1959, then other 1950s European landmark travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm view of the Trevi Fountain in Rome with stone figures, flowing water, pedestrians, and buildings around the piazza. — A visitor-shot view frames the fountain, water basin, bollards, and pedestrians in the square.

1959 Rome footage shows the Trevi Fountain, surrounding buildings, and a motion-blurred pedestrian passing near the water basin. — A passerby crosses in front of the fountain as water flows beneath the carved figures.

An angled 1959 8mm frame shows Trevi Fountain sculptures, water, foreground bollards, and sunlit buildings beyond the piazza. — The camera shifts closer to the sculptural fountain group with the city buildings still visible behind it.

1959 Rome home-movie frame shows the Trevi Fountain sculptures from a tighter angle, with blue sky and building facades nearby. — A tighter frame emphasizes the fountain's carved figures, with sky and surrounding architecture at the edges.

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