Fatima Portugal-1971: Crowd of Pilgrims Gathered at an Open Tile-Roofed Chapel

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationFatima, Santarem, Portugal
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · Fatima, Santarem, Portugal
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

pilgrimage
Catholic devotion
religious gathering
travel
period dress
crowds
1970s Portugal

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · Religious sanctuary esplanade with an open tile-roofed chapel and pine trees behind
Time and weather: midday · spring or summer · clear and sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight
People: 80 · Dense crowd of adult pilgrims and some children; women in headscarves, knee-length dresses and white coats, men in suits and light jackets, a few holding parasols.
Landmarks: Chapel of the Apparitions · Sanctuary of Fátima
Objects: tiled hipped roof · white posts · parasols · headscarves · folding chairs
Colors: blue · terracotta · white · dark green · purple
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Wide view of the tile-roofed chapel with a dense crowd in front.
A woman in a white coat and a man in a pale jacket turn in the foreground.
Pilgrims shift position as parasols bob above the heads.
The shot holds on the chapel and the gathered crowd.

Crowd of Pilgrims Gathered at an Open Tile-Roofed Chapel — Clip Details

At the Sanctuary of Fátima in Portugal, circa 1971, home movie footage shows a dense crowd of pilgrims gathered before the open, tile-roofed Chapel of the Apparitions. Women in headscarves and bright dresses, men in suits and pale jackets, and several children mill about under a clear blue sky, a few holding parasols. The single handheld wide shot holds on the chapel's hipped roof and white posts while people shift and turn in the foreground.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002335

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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: 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: Fatima, Santarem, 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.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for early-1970s footage of Catholic pilgrims at Fátima, useful for documentaries on Portuguese religious life and pilgrimage history.
Period detail: Knee-length dresses, headscarves, white coats, suits and the open-sided chapel before later alterations may show the look of the sanctuary circa 1971.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor on a coach tour films the crowd from among them, catching unposed pilgrims turning, talking and shading their eyes.
What appears in frame: The frame holds a hipped terracotta roof on white posts, a dense crowd, women in headscarves, a raised parasol, a man in a pale jacket and dark pines against blue sky.
Film character: Saturated colour stock with strong blue sky, fine grain, light dust specks and a gentle handheld drift give it authentic projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot for a Fátima sequence or as a short cutaway showing devotion and crowd scale.
Historical context: The scene shows how pilgrims gathered and dressed at the chapel of a shrine whose basilica was consecrated in 1953 and colonnade completed in 1954.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness; identifiable adults and children appear, and the sanctuary is church property, so check releases and site rules per use.
Research search match: Fátima pilgrims 1970s, Chapel of the Apparitions crowd, Portuguese pilgrimage home movie, Catholic shrine vintage colour film.
Archive pairing path: Pair with this reel's women in black shawls and Batalha Monastery clips, then other Fátima esplanade footage circa 1971, then pilgrimage crowds elsewhere.

Still Frames From This Clip

Pilgrims crowd before the tile-roofed Chapel of the Apparitions at Fátima, Portugal, circa 1971 — Pilgrims gather at the Chapel of the Apparitions, Fátima, circa 1971.
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Women in headscarves and men in jackets mingle at the Fátima chapel in Portugal, circa 1971 — Women in headscarves and bright dresses mingle with men in jackets near the chapel.
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Pilgrims with a raised parasol move across the esplanade at Fátima's chapel, Portugal, circa 1971 — A parasol rises above the moving crowd on the sanctuary esplanade.
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Wide handheld view of the pilgrim crowd at the Chapel of the Apparitions, Fátima, circa 1971 — The crowd stands before the open chapel under a clear sky.
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