Forest Lawn Memorial Park California-1941: Crowd of Visitors Viewing a Large White Marble Sculpture Group

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Year1941
Decade1940s
LocationForest Lawn Memorial Park, California, United States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1941 · Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

sightseeing
memorial park
public sculpture
1940s fashion
crowds
leisure travel
remembrance

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt
Setting: outdoor · Landscaped memorial park grounds with a lawn, clipped hedges, stone pylons and a large white marble figure group
Time and weather: day · unknown · Clear and sunny
Lighting: Bright sunlight with strong highlights on the white marble
People: 22 · About twenty visitors in early-1940s coats, suits and hats, including several women in red coats and small children in light dresses, plus two women in the foreground, one in a pale coat and one in a red coat and dark hat.
Landmarks: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Objects: white marble figure group · clipped hedge wall · stone pylons · chain barrier with white posts · lawn · rounded shrubs · trees
Colors: white · green · red · violet-blue · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Visitors crowd the base of a white marble figure group as two women stand in the foreground.
The group shifts along the chain barrier while small children in light dresses move at the left.
The camera drifts upward and the foreground women sink toward the bottom of the frame.
Men and children step in at the left of the crowd before the shot ends.

Crowd of Visitors Viewing a Large White Marble Sculpture... — Clip Details

At Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, circa 1941, home movie footage shows a crowd of visitors gathered before a large white marble figure group. The figures stand against a tall clipped hedge between two pale stone pylons, with a low chain barrier, small children in light dresses and several women in red coats. Two women at the bottom of the frame, one in a pale coat and one in a red coat and dark hat, face the scene. One handheld wide shot holds steady and drifts slightly upward.

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: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001202

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1941 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: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California, United States 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: Solves a request for authentic colour footage of early-1940s Americans sightseeing at a Southern California memorial park, for documentary, education or period drama use.
Period detail: Women's red wool coats, small hats and berets, men's suits and fedora-style hats, and children's short light dresses may show early-1940s dress.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor-shot view stands back on the lawn behind two women in conversation, catching a crowd that mills unposed around the sculpture rather than a framed tourist portrait.
What appears in frame: A large white marble figure group, a tall clipped hedge between two pale stone pylons, a chain barrier on short white posts, a crowd in coats and hats, small children, and two women on the foreground lawn.
Film character: Saturated small-gauge colour with vivid reds and greens, a violet-tinged sky, soft focus, fine grain and bloomed whites, held steady with a gentle handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or cutaway for a Forest Lawn visit, or as a memory beat of an early-1940s family trip.
Historical context: Forest Lawn in Glendale presented white marble statuary across its grounds, and this crowd shows the cemetery functioning as a sightseeing stop for visitors around 1941.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness of identifiable visitors, including minors, and from the sculpture and private cemetery grounds, which may need their own permissions; clearance is not guaranteed.
Research search match: Forest Lawn Glendale 1940s home movie, 8mm colour cemetery visitors, early 1940s women in red coats, crowd at white marble statue footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Replica of Michelangelo's David shot, then its Golden Gate Bridge, Seal Rocks surf and peacock clips, then other circa 1941 California sightseeing footage.

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Visitors at a white marble figure group, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, circa 1941, two women in front — Visitors gather at a white marble figure group as two women talk on the lawn, Forest Lawn, Glendale, circa 1941.
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Early-1940s visitors along a chain barrier at a white figure group, Forest Lawn, Glendale, circa 1941 — A crowd in early-1940s coats lines the chain barrier at the base of the white figure group, circa 1941.
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White marble figure group flanked by stone pylons and a hedge with visitors, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, circa 1941 — Stone pylons and a tall hedge frame the white figure group and its visitors at Forest Lawn, circa 1941.
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Men and children join visitors at a white figure group, Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, circa 1941 — More visitors, including children, arrive at the left of the white figure group as the shot ends, circa 1941.
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