Kings Park Australia-1966: Gilt Inscription on the Granite Pedestal of a Queen Victoria Statue

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationKings Park, Western Australia, Australia
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 · Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

public monuments
colonial history
Australian federation
British Empire
commemoration
sightseeing
memorial text

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static · Eye level, slightly upward, square to the stone face
Setting: outdoor · Granite monument pedestal in a public park
Time and weather: daytime · sunny
Lighting: Direct sunlight with a hard-edged band of shadow across the top of the stone
People: 0
Landmarks: Queen Victoria statue, Kings Park
Objects: granite pedestal · gilt incised lettering · monument inscription
Readable signs: VICTORIA · QUEEN AND EMPRESS · 1837-1901 · DURING HER REIGN AUSTRALIA WAS COLONIZED AND FEDERATED
Colors: blue-grey · pale gold · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The pedestal face fills the frame, with gilt lettering from 'Queen and Empress' down to 'federated'.
The handheld framing drifts slightly left and the last line shows more fully at the bottom edge.
The camera lifts a little, the shadowed top line 'Victoria' sits lower in frame and the last word drops out.

Gilt Inscription on the Granite Pedestal of a Queen... — Clip Details

Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia, circa 1966 home movie footage of the inscription on the granite pedestal of the Queen Victoria statue. A single close shot holds on gilt incised lettering that reads 'Victoria, Queen and Empress, 1837-1901, during her reign Australia was colonized and federated'. The top line sits in a band of shadow and the last line touches the bottom of the frame. The handheld 8mm camera drifts slightly while the speckled grey stone fills the picture in hard sunlight.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
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: 800000496

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1966 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: Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia 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: Answers requests for mid-1960s Perth landmark detail and for readable monument text on colonial and Federation history in documentary or education work.
Period detail: The stone carries the reign dates 1837-1901 and Edwardian memorial wording, while the 8mm colour stock and the surrounding reel place the filming in the mid-1960s.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist's habit of filming the plaque after the landmark itself, holding the camera long enough for the text to be read back at home.
What appears in frame: Gilt incised capitals, the dates 1837-1901, the words Australia, colonized and federated, speckled grey granite, a band of shadow over the top line and the right-hand corner of the block.
Film character: Handheld 8mm colour with visible grain that merges with the granite fleck, a cool blue-grey cast, soft focus at the edges and a gentle frame drift.
Edit role: Works as a text insert or identifying cutaway after a wider view of the statue, and as a quotation plate under narration.
Historical context: The pedestal wording credits the Victorian reign with Australia's colonisation and Federation, language typical of memorials from the statue's 1903 dedication.
Research note: No people or logos appear; film copyright is handled separately from any rights in the monument as a public artwork, and the buyer should assess editorial versus commercial use.
Research search match: Queen Victoria statue inscription Kings Park, 1960s Perth 8mm home movie, colonized and federated monument text, gilt lettering on granite close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the Queen Victoria statue close-up and the lemon-scented gum avenue sign from this reel, then the Narrows Bridge and Swan River pan, then other 1960s monument text shots.

Still Frames From This Clip

Pedestal inscription of the Queen Victoria statue in Kings Park, Perth, circa 1966, with gilt capitals on speckled granite and the top line in shadow. — The pedestal text of the Queen Victoria statue in Kings Park, Perth, filmed on 8mm circa 1966.
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Granite base of the Kings Park Queen Victoria memorial in Perth, circa 1966, with the final word 'Federated' fully in frame below 'was colonized and'. — The full closing line 'and federated' comes into frame as the handheld camera settles.
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Mid-1960s 8mm frame of the Victoria memorial text in Kings Park, Western Australia, shifted slightly left, with the dates 1837-1901 near the centre. — The framing drifts left across the gilt memorial text during the six-second hold.
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End of the shot of the Kings Park statue pedestal, Perth, circa 1966: the shadowed name 'Victoria' sits lower in frame above 'Queen and Empress 1837-1901'. — The camera lifts at the end of the shot, bringing the shadowed name 'Victoria' further into view.
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