Paris France-1938: Pan Across River Quays, Moored Boats and Bridges

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationParis, Ile-de-France, France
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1938 · Paris & Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel · Reel 9dc51293 contains 19 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

urban waterfront
river transport
tourism
city infrastructure
everyday public life
historic cityscape

Shot type: extreme wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Elevated oblique view looking downriver
Setting: outdoor · Urban river corridor with stone quays, bridges, moorings and tree-lined banks
Time and weather: daytime · Leaf-on season · Partly cloudy
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright masonry highlights and shaded trees
People: 15 · Approximately fifteen small, distant figures are scattered along the quay; faces, ages and clothing details are indistinct.
Vehicles: moored riverboats
Landmarks: Seine
Objects: stone embankment · riverside walkway · stairs · bridge spans · masonry bridge piers · trees · boat cabins · distant rooftops · distant towers · distant dome
Colors: purple-blue · magenta · brown · muted green · cream · pale lavender
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The elevated view includes the stone quay, small pedestrians, riverside stairs and moored boats.
The leftward pan reveals more of the river and the bridge spans.
Pale bridge piers become prominent as the embankment approaches the right edge.
Open water and the bridge dominate beneath a distant skyline and scattered clouds.

Pan Across River Quays, Moored Boats and Bridges — Clip Details

Paris, France, circa 1938 home movie footage shows the Seine from an elevated viewpoint beside a tree-lined quay. Small pedestrians occupy the riverside walkway, with boats moored below the stone embankment and stairs descending from street level. A continuous leftward pan brings a bridge on pale masonry piers across the center of the picture, revealing more open water and a distant skyline of towers, rooftops and a dome.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002800

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1938 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: Paris, Ile-de-France, France 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 circa 1938 Paris panorama serves documentary requests for Seine quays, moored craft and bridges in color home movie footage.
Period detail: The stone river walls, modest boat cabins and distant pedestrians supply period atmosphere, although clothing is too small to date precisely.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor's elevated, gently wavering pan moves from incidental quay activity toward the broader river and skyline.
What appears in frame: Rippling water fills the foreground below bridge spans, pale piers, moored boats, a stone quay, pedestrians, stairs and mature trees.
Film character: Soft focus, grain, scattered specks and purple-magenta color rendition give the projected small-gauge capture its visible archival texture.
Edit role: Use the continuous panorama as an establishing shot or a transition between Paris landmark views and closer riverfront activity.
Historical context: The view places pedestrian access and boat moorings beneath the city's higher tree-lined embankment, with successive crossings linking the banks.
Research note: People are distant without discernible faces; boat ownership and any property permissions remain separate from copyright in the film.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1938 Paris home movies, Seine bridge panoramas and historic color footage of riverside quays.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's steam-powered Seine boat and Louvre façade, then with Paris footage circa 1938 and other urban waterfront panoramas.

Still Frames From This Clip

Seine quay in Paris circa 1938, with small pedestrians below trees, moored boats and bridge spans beyond the stone embankment. — Pedestrians and moored boats occupy the quay beneath a tree-lined upper bank.
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Paris circa 1938: the Seine fills the left side while boats, a sloping stone wall and a populated riverside walkway line the right bank. — The pan opens across the water while the stone quay remains prominent at right.
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A widening Seine panorama in Paris circa 1938 shows bridge piers, moored craft and a distant skyline beyond the tree-lined banks. — Bridge spans and pale masonry piers cross the widening river view.
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Seine bridges and the Paris skyline circa 1938, with open water in the foreground and moored boats near the right edge. — The closing view centers the bridge and distant skyline above rippling water.
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