Portugal-1971: White Renault 4 Driving Through a Tiled Customs Archway as People Walk By

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · Portugal
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1971 · Spain & Portugal · Reel d30ef955 contains 13 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

border crossing
travel
period motoring
architecture
national emblems
street life

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · town gateway over a cobbled street, with a building beyond the arch
Time and weather: midday · summer · clear and sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 7 · Adults in summer clothing: a man in a white shirt, a man in a grey suit, a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers, two women in light dresses, and a few distant figures beyond the arch.
Vehicles: white Renault 4 · dark truck in background
Objects: stone coat of arms shield · terracotta roof tiles · white pinnacles · pole and wire · doorways · road sign
Colors: terracotta orange · white · deep blue · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A white Renault 4 sits under the arch while people walk past in the foreground.
A man in a blue shirt enters from the right and walks toward the car.
The car starts rolling into the arch, with a man in a grey suit beside it.
The car is almost through the gate as the pedestrians keep crossing.

White Renault 4 Driving Through a Tiled Customs Archway... — Clip Details

In Portugal, circa 1971, home movie footage shows a whitewashed gateway with a terracotta tile roof, white pinnacles and a stone shield bearing the Portuguese arms above a wide arch. A white Renault 4 rolls slowly into the arch while a man in a white shirt, a man in a grey suit, a man in a blue shirt and two women walk across the foreground. A yellow-and-white building and a dark truck show through the opening. The single shot is held from one position in bright summer sun.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002328

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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: 1971 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: Portugal 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: This clip suits requests for early-1970s Portuguese border towns, customs posts or period traffic in documentaries, museum pieces and period dramas.
Period detail: A white Renault 4, men in short-sleeved shirts, and a crownless Portuguese shield on the gate all point to Portugal around 1971.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist on the trip stands back to film the gate in full, catching passers-by and a car going about their day unposed.
What appears in frame: A tile-roofed arch with white pinnacles, a stone shield with the Portuguese arms, a white Renault 4 rolling through, several pedestrians, and a yellow-and-white building and dark truck beyond.
Film character: Saturated colour, a deep violet-tinged blue sky, fine grain and sharp detail in sunlit stone give the shot a strong period look.
Edit role: Use it as an establishing shot for arrival in Portugal or as a period-traffic cutaway in a travel sequence.
Historical context: The section places the gate in a Portuguese border town on a coach-tour route, and the shield's lack of a crown fits the Republic-era form of the arms.
Research note: No sign names the town. Passers-by appear at a distance with some faces visible, and a plate shows but cannot be read, so likeness rights are separate from the film copyright.
Research search match: Researchers might search for a Portuguese customs gate in the 1970s, a Renault 4 in Portugal, a vintage border-town archway, or Portugal travel home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with the 'Hasta la vista España' farewell sign from the same reel, then with the Lisbon tram and bus clips, then with other period border-crossing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

White Renault 4 beneath a customs archway bearing the Portuguese arms, Portugal, circa 1971 — A Renault 4 waits under the gateway arch as passers-by cross in front, Portugal, circa 1971.
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Pedestrians and a white Renault 4 at a whitewashed border gateway in Portugal, circa 1971 — A man in a blue shirt walks toward the car while two women pass on the left.
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White Renault 4 rolling into a tile-roofed customs gate in Portugal, circa 1971 — The Renault 4 starts rolling into the shaded arch, with two men walking beside it.
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Renault 4 passing through a gateway with the Portuguese arms, pedestrians in front, circa 1971 — The car is almost through the gate as the passers-by keep moving.
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