Frederiksborg Castle Denmark-1980: Slow Pan Across a Red-Brick Castle Façade and Copper-Spired Clock Tower

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationFrederiksborg Castle, Denmark
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

European travel
Danish heritage
Renaissance architecture
royal palaces
sightseeing
tourism
landmarks

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · low angle looking up
Setting: outdoor · Castle forecourt with a historic red-brick palace, fountain statue and copper-roofed wings
Time and weather: day · summer · clear with thin high cloud
Lighting: bright natural daylight
People: 0 · No people are clearly visible.
Landmarks: Frederiksborg Castle
Objects: bronze statue · fountain column · clock face · copper spire · turrets · stepped gable · ornate gateway · trees
Colors: blue-violet · brick red · copper green · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The shot opens on a side wing, the stepped gable and the statue on its fountain column.
The pan brings the clock tower and copper spire toward the centre of the frame.
Copper-roofed wings, turrets and an ornate gateway come into view on the right.
The camera settles on the tower and adjoining wing against a blue sky.

Slow Pan Across a Red-Brick Castle Façade and... — Clip Details

Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark, circa 1980 home movie footage of the red-brick Dutch Renaissance façade seen from below on a clear day. The camera pans slowly right from a dark-roofed side wing past a stepped gable and a bronze statue raised on a fountain column, to the clock tower with its tiered copper spire and the green copper roofs and turrets beyond. Filmed handheld on Super 8 in one continuous take, the picture carries a strong blue-violet colour cast with visible grain and dust.

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: 800002404

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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: 1980 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: Frederiksborg Castle, 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: It answers requests for circa 1980 amateur travel footage of a Danish royal landmark, useful for documentaries, heritage programmes and nostalgic European holiday sequences.
Period detail: The building itself is centuries old, so the period shows mainly in the Super 8 colour rendition and grain, which may point to the late 1970s or early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: A sightseer stands in the forecourt and tilts the camera up to take in the whole façade and tower, panning to fit as much of the palace into the shot as possible.
What appears in frame: The frame shows a stepped red-brick gable, a bronze statue on a fountain column, a clock tower with a copper spire, small copper turrets, green roofs, and a dark-roofed side wing under a blue sky.
Film character: The Super 8 grain is fine and the exposure is even, with a pronounced blue-violet cast, scattered dust and a faint vertical scratch that give it the texture of projected home-movie film.
Edit role: It works as an establishing shot or quick cutaway that sets a Danish location before closer palace or garden material.
Historical context: Frederiksborg Castle was built mostly by Christian IV between about 1600 and 1620, and this clip shows it as a sightseeing destination filmed by a visitor around 1980.
Research note: The film's copyright sits with the original filmmaker or their estate, separate from any building or sculpture considerations; no identifiable people appear, and use of the palace and statue imagery should be reviewed under the producer's own clearance practice.
Research search match: Researchers might search Frederiksborg Castle Super 8, Hillerød Denmark home movie circa 1980, Danish Renaissance palace vintage footage, or castle clock tower amateur film.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with the farm and pig footage spliced into the same reel section, then with other Danish or Copenhagen-area footage from around 1980, then with European castle and palace sightseeing clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, Denmark, circa 1980, seen from below with its side wing, stepped gable and statue — The pan begins at the side wing and stepped gable of Frederiksborg Castle, circa 1980.
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Copper-spired clock tower of Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark, on Super 8 film circa 1980 — The clock tower and copper spire move toward the centre as the camera pans right.
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Copper-roofed wings and turrets of Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark, in circa 1980 home movie film — Green copper roofs, turrets and an ornate gateway come into view on the adjoining wing.
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Low-angle Super 8 view of Frederiksborg Castle's tower and façade in Denmark, circa 1980, with a blue-violet cast — The shot settles on the tower and wings of Frederiksborg Castle against a blue sky.
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