Paris France-1938: Slow Pan Across an Ornate Palace Façade and Formal Flowerbeds

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationParis, Ile-de-France, France
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

palace architecture
formal garden design
urban heritage
amateur travel
ornamental sculpture
landmark sightseeing

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Slightly elevated view across the garden toward the façade
Setting: outdoor · Formal palace garden beside an ornate urban landmark
Time and weather: Daytime · Growing season; exact season uncertain · Partly cloudy
Lighting: Natural daylight with sunlit stonework and shaded garden areas
People: 0 · No people are clearly distinguishable at the supplied resolution.
Landmarks: Louvre Palace
Objects: formal flowerbeds · clipped shrubs · lawns · garden paths · stone monument · arched openings · decorative stone reliefs · pavilion roofs
Colors: warm brown · ochre · green · red · violet-blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The Louvre façade fills the background above lawns and flowerbeds.
The framing drifts right across arched openings and sculpted upper windows.
The pale stone monument becomes more fully visible beside the garden paths.
The shot holds the ornate pavilion roof above clipped shrubs and red flowers.

Slow Pan Across an Ornate Palace Façade and Formal... — Clip Details

Paris, France, circa 1938 home movie footage shows an ornate Louvre façade beyond a formal garden. A short rightward pan passes rows of arched openings, sculpted stonework and steep pavilion roofs above lawns, clipped shrubs and red flowerbeds. A pale stone monument stands beside the foreground paths at the right. The continuous wide view has soft detail, warm color and slight camera movement beneath a cloud-filled sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotExterior
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: 800002802

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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: 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 clip supports documentary requests for Paris landmark exteriors and formal garden views circa 1938.
Period detail: The decorated palace elevations and geometric planting establish the historic setting, although no visible object narrowly dates the shot.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld pan records a visitor's interest in the palace façade and carefully arranged garden foreground.
What appears in frame: The view includes arched openings, sculpted windows, steep roofs, lawns, rounded shrubs, red flowerbeds and a pale stone monument.
Film character: Warm color, soft detail, grain, specks and slight framing drift preserve the texture of a camera-recorded projection.
Edit role: Use it as an architectural establishing shot or a garden cutaway between other Paris sightseeing scenes.
Historical context: The composition places the Louvre's elaborate stone architecture behind formal beds and paths, presenting the landmark through a visitor's garden view.
Research note: Architectural decoration and an unidentified monument are visible; film copyright is separate from any applicable artwork, property or likeness rights.
Research search match: The shot answers searches for Louvre exterior home movies, Paris formal gardens and small-gauge travel footage circa 1938.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's Arc du Carrousel and pedestrians, then Paris views circa 1938, followed by other palace gardens and architectural pans.

Still Frames From This Clip

Louvre Palace in Paris, circa 1938, seen across formal flowerbeds and rounded shrubs, with a pale stone monument at the right edge. — An ornate palace elevation rises behind formal garden beds and clipped shrubs.
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Paris Louvre exterior circa 1938, with decorated windows and ground-level arches above lawns, shrubs and flowerbeds. — Arches and sculpted window surrounds extend across the garden-facing façade.
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Louvre pavilion roof and garden in Paris, circa 1938, with red flowerbeds and a pale stone monument in the right foreground. — The rightward pan brings more of the stone monument into the garden composition.
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Wide Louvre garden view in Paris circa 1938, showing the ornate façade, clipped planting and stone monument beneath broken clouds. — The closing view combines the palace façade with flowerbeds, paths and a pale stone monument.
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