Roskilde Denmark-1982: Camera Tilts Up a Red-Brick Apse to a Copper Roof and Gilded Spire

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationRoskilde, Region Zealand, Denmark
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Roskilde, Region Zealand, Denmark
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

religious architecture
European travel
Danish heritage
medieval building
tourism
royal history

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · tilt · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Churchyard beside a medieval brick cathedral in a town
Time and weather: day · summer · bright overcast
Lighting: soft daylight with warm side light on the brick
People: 0 · No people visible.
Vehicles: small red car parked in the distance
Landmarks: Roskilde Cathedral
Objects: round-arched windows · copper roof · ridge spire with gilded stars · small cross · stone gateway arch · tree branches
Colors: brick orange · pale mint green · dark green · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The rounded brick east end stands beside a stone gateway with a red car beyond.
The camera pans onto two tiers of round-arched windows.
The tilt reaches the copper roof and the base of the spire.
The shot settles on the slender spire with gilded stars against the sky.

Camera Tilts Up a Red-Brick Apse to a Copper Roof and... — Clip Details

Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark, circa 1982 home movie footage. The shot opens on the rounded red-brick east end of the church, with a pale stone gateway arch beside it and a small red car parked beyond. The camera pans right and tilts up past two tiers of round-arched windows to the green copper roof, a small cross at its peak and a slender ridge spire with gilded star ornaments. Leafy branches frame a bright sky in this smooth single Super 8 shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002154

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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: 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: Roskilde, Region Zealand, 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 a request for circa 1982 amateur colour footage of Roskilde Cathedral's exterior for documentaries on Danish history, royal burials or European travel.
Period detail: Few dated objects appear; the small red car under the gateway and the warm, grainy colour rendition may show early-1980s conditions.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's-eye view: the camera-holder stands in the churchyard and slowly tilts up to take in the full height of the building, as tourists did.
What appears in frame: A curved red-brick east end, a pale stone wall with a pointed gateway, a red car beyond it, tiers of round-arched windows, a green copper roof with a cross, and a slender spire with gilded stars.
Film character: Super 8 grain, warm orange brick against a pale mint sky, and a steady handheld move give the shot an authentic 1980s reversal-film texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot for Roskilde scenes, or as a reveal move ending on the spire before cutting inside the cathedral.
Historical context: Checked sources describe the cathedral as the burial church of Danish monarchs, later listed by UNESCO in 1995, so this footage shows it before that designation.
Research note: No people or legible signs appear; the home-movie copyright is separate from any building or property considerations, and the cathedral is an active church, so confirm intended use with the rights holder.
Research search match: Roskilde Cathedral exterior Super 8, 1980s Denmark home movie, red brick church apse tilt, Danish cathedral spire vintage film.
Archive pairing path: Pair with the reel's Roskilde interior and Viking ship footage first, then its Copenhagen clips like Rosenborg Castle framed by trees, then other European church exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

Rounded red-brick east end of Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark, beside a stone gateway arch, circa 1982 Super 8 — The curved brick east end of Roskilde Cathedral beside a stone gateway, circa 1982.
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Two-tier round-arched brick apse of Roskilde Cathedral in warm side light, Denmark, circa 1982 home movie — Stacked tiers of round-arched windows on the cathedral's east end.
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Copper roof with a cross above the brick apse of Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark, filmed on Super 8 circa 1982 — The tilt reaches the copper roof and the base of the ridge spire.
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Slender gilded-star spire over the copper roof of Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark, circa 1982 amateur film — The shot ends on the slender spire with its gilded stars against a pale sky.
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