Nice France-1952: Strollers Passing Rows of Blue Chairs on a Crowded Seafront Promenade

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationNice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 · Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

seaside holiday
tourism
promenade strolling
postwar leisure
Riviera summer
crowds
resort architecture

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Seafront promenade lined with grand hotels above a pebble beach on the Mediterranean
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny and clear
Lighting: Bright midday sunlight with a strong blue cast in the sky
People: 40 · Crowds of adult holidaymakers in light summer shirts, shorts and dresses walking the promenade, others seated in blue chairs, sunbathers on the beach below
Landmarks: Promenade des Anglais
Objects: blue promenade chairs · white balustrade · striped awnings · palm trees · flagpoles · hotel balconies
Colors: blue-violet · pale blue · white · grey · orange-red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Strollers walk away from the camera past rows of blue chairs on the promenade.
A seated man in a white cap fills the foreground as the crowd moves on toward the domed building.
The camera begins to pan left over the white balustrade.
The crowded pebble beach and blue bay come into view beside the hotel frontage.

Strollers Passing Rows of Blue Chairs on a Crowded... — Clip Details

In Nice on the French Riviera, circa 1952, this home movie footage looks along the Promenade des Anglais from beside its white seafront balustrade. Strollers in light summer shirts and dresses walk away from the camera past rows of blue chairs where people sit in the sun, with tall balconied hotels, palms and a domed building lining the curve behind. Near the end the handheld camera eases left to reveal the crowded pebble beach and the blue water of the bay.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001296

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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: 1952 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: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France 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 circa-1952 colour footage of the French Riviera in season, suited to documentaries on postwar tourism, Nice and European summer leisure.
Period detail: Pale short-sleeved shirts, shorts and knee-length summer dresses may show early-1950s holiday dress, alongside the older balconied hotel frontage of the seafront.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's own view from the balustrade, catching strangers simply walking and sitting in the sun rather than a staged postcard angle.
What appears in frame: Strollers walking away along the paved walk, rows of pale blue chairs, a seated man in a white cap, balconied hotels with palms, a domed building under a flag, and the crowded beach and bay.
Film character: Small-gauge colour with a deep blue-violet sky, soft focus, fine grain and gentle handheld drift give the shot an unmistakable amateur-travel texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot for a Riviera sequence or a busy cutaway, with the closing pan offering a natural transition to beach material.
Historical context: The reel's Nice section includes pedal boats from Ruhl Plage, the beach club founded in 1920 opposite the Hotel Ruhl, which stood on the promenade from 1913 to 1969.
Research note: Stockfilm can license the film copyright, but likeness rights for the small, mostly unidentified passers-by and any use of the hotel facades should be judged separately by the buyer.
Research search match: Promenade des Anglais 1950s, Nice seafront home movie, 8mm French Riviera crowds, vintage Côte d'Azur holiday footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the RUHL pedal boats on Nice beach from this reel, then the Paris bus and steamer-deck clips from the same trip, then other early-1950s seaside resort footage.

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Holidaymakers stroll the Promenade des Anglais in Nice past blue chairs and grand hotels, circa 1952 home movie — Strollers on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, circa 1952, with the hotel frontage and a domed building beyond.
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Man in light blue shirt and woman in blue dress walk among the crowds on the Nice seafront, circa 1952 — Walkers in summer clothes move along the seafront past rows of occupied chairs, Nice, circa 1952.
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Seated man in a white cap watches the promenade crowd in Nice, with the curving hotel line behind, circa 1952 — A seated figure in a white cap in the foreground as the crowd walks on along the Nice seafront, circa 1952.
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Crowded pebble beach and blue bay beside the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, seen over the balustrade, circa 1952 — The camera turns toward the packed beach and the bay beside the hotel-lined promenade, Nice, circa 1952.
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