Copenhagen Denmark-1982: Woman Sitting Alone on a Park Bench Under Shade Trees

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Copenhagen, Denmark
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1982 · Copenhagen & Roskilde · Reel 9815becf contains 18 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

solitude
leisure
public parks
city green space
travel
everyday life
reflection

Shot type: wide
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · formal city park with lawn, hedges, mature shade trees and a statue
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright sunlight with dappled shade under the tree canopy
People: 3 · One woman with fair hair in a rust-red jacket and dark trousers, seated on a bench with her back to the camera; two small, distant figures sit in the shade in the background.
Objects: wooden slatted park bench · tree trunk · statue on pedestal · clipped hedges · lawn · gravel path
Colors: yellow-green · dark green · rust red · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A woman sits alone on a wooden bench, seen from behind under shade trees.
She stays still, looking across the sunlit lawn toward a statue and hedges.
The static shot ends with the scene unchanged.

Woman Sitting Alone on a Park Bench Under Shade Trees — Clip Details

Copenhagen, Denmark, circa 1982 home movie footage of a woman sitting alone on a slatted wooden park bench under broad shade trees. She is seen from behind, with fair hair and a rust-red jacket, looking out across a sunlit lawn toward clipped hedges, a pale statue on a pedestal and a red-roofed building beyond the foliage. The single static Super 8 shot lasts about three seconds, with dappled sunlight on the grass and deep shadow under the canopy.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002146

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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: 1982 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: Copenhagen, Denmark 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 early-1980s footage of everyday leisure in a European city park, useful as a quiet cutaway in documentaries about Copenhagen or about solitude.
Period detail: The woman's rust-red jacket and dark trousers may show early-1980s casual dress, and the warm, saturated Super 8 colour is typical of amateur film from the period.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor quietly films a stranger resting on a bench, an unstaged moment of stillness picked out between the reel's landmark shots.
What appears in frame: A woman with fair hair sits on a slatted wooden bench beneath a thick tree trunk, facing a sunlit lawn with hedges, a pale statue, two distant figures and a red-roofed building through the leaves.
Film character: Warm Super 8 colour with glowing yellow-green leaves, soft grain and deep shadow contrast give the static frame a sunlit, period texture.
Edit role: Works as a calm cutaway, a reflective memory beat or a breathing-space transition between busier Copenhagen street scenes.
Historical context: Formal parks with clipped hedges and statuary were part of central Copenhagen's public space, and this shot records ordinary daytime use of one around 1982.
Research note: The woman is seen only from behind and the background figures are distant, so identification is unlikely, but likeness rights stay separate from the film copyright, and the statue may carry its own artwork considerations.
Research search match: Searches such as 'woman alone on park bench 1980s', 'Copenhagen park Super 8 footage' or 'vintage home movie quiet park scene' would find this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with 'Women walking down a garden avenue' and 'Rosenborg Castle framed by trees' from the same reel, then with other circa-1982 Copenhagen scenes, then with park and solitude footage from other reels.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in a rust-red jacket on a wooden bench in a Copenhagen park, circa 1982, seen from behind under shade trees — A woman sits alone on a park bench in Copenhagen, circa 1982, looking out over a sunlit lawn.
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Super 8 view of a woman resting on a bench in a central Copenhagen park around 1982, a statue and hedges across the lawn — Dappled sunlight falls on the lawn as the woman rests, a statue and clipped hedges in the distance.
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Shaded path and park bench with a lone woman in a Copenhagen garden, circa 1982, leafy canopy overhead on Super 8 film — Seen from the shaded path, a lone figure on a bench under the leafy canopy of a Copenhagen park.
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Quiet early-1980s park scene in Copenhagen: a woman on a bench, two distant figures in the shade beyond the lawn — The woman stays still on the bench while two distant figures sit in the shade across the lawn.
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