Palace Of Versailles France-1938: Visitors Crossing a Cobblestone Courtyard Below Palace Façades

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationPalace of Versailles, Ile-de-France, France
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 · Palace of Versailles, Ile-de-France, France
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

tourism
palace architecture
visitor arrivals
public space
period clothing
European travel
everyday movement

Shot type: mixed
Camera: tilt · pan · handheld · Eye-level view rising toward the palace façades
Setting: outdoor · Broad cobblestone palace courtyard enclosed by monumental stone buildings
Time and weather: Daytime · Likely spring or summer · Bright sky with no visible precipitation
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright sky and darker foreground figures
People: 55 · Approximately 55 visitors are visible in the wider views, predominantly adults wearing suits, dresses, skirt suits and hats, with at least one child-sized figure in a light outfit.
Landmarks: Palace of Versailles
Objects: cobblestone paving · light-colored coat · brimmed hats · stone columns · tall windows · ornamental rooflines · stone façades
Colors: purple · magenta · charcoal · gray · pale blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Visitors walk away across cobblestones in a closely framed crowd.
A man carrying a pale coat looks back toward the camera.
The rising view reveals more of the courtyard and palace façades.
The rightward pan opens onto monumental architecture and scattered pedestrians.

Visitors Crossing a Cobblestone Courtyard Below Palace... — Clip Details

Palace of Versailles, France, circa 1938 home movie footage shows visitors walking across a broad cobblestone courtyard. The view begins close behind people in suits, dresses and hats, including a man carrying a light-colored coat who looks back toward the camera. The camera tilts upward and pans right, revealing more of the courtyard and the monumental stone façades as pedestrians continue in both directions.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002808

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

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: 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: Palace of Versailles, 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: Supports documentary and museum requests for French palace tourism circa 1938, with visitors crossing the Versailles courtyard.
Period detail: Tailored suits, brimmed hats, skirt suits and below-knee dresses provide the clearest visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor-shot perspective follows ordinary pedestrian movement, including a man briefly looking back toward the camera.
What appears in frame: The shot contains cobbled paving, walking visitors, a carried pale coat, dark suits, light dresses, tall columns and ornate palace façades.
Film character: Visible grain, soft projected detail, a pronounced purple-magenta cast and bright sky give the capture its archival texture.
Edit role: The upward and rightward reveal works as an arrival transition from visitors at ground level to an architectural establishing view.
Historical context: The unposed crowd shows the palace as a place of sightseeing, with formal dress visible among visitors crossing the courtyard.
Research note: Visitors and architectural ornament are visible; footage copyright is separate from any applicable likeness, artwork or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for Versailles courtyard home movies, French palace visitors circa 1938 and small-gauge travel footage with period clothing.
Archive pairing path: Pair with the same reel's Louvre façade or Arc du Carrousel pedestrians, then other Versailles views circa 1938 and comparable palace arrival scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Visitors cross the Versailles courtyard circa 1938, with a suited man carrying a pale coat looking back toward the camera. — A man glances back as visitors continue across the cobbled courtyard.
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Visitors in suits and dresses cross the Palace of Versailles courtyard circa 1938 beneath tall stone façades. — The rising view brings the palace buildings into the crowded courtyard scene.
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The Versailles courtyard opens ahead of walking visitors circa 1938, with a monumental façade at right and bright sky above. — Visitors spread out across the open cobbled space as more architecture enters the frame.
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Columned façades dominate the Versailles courtyard circa 1938 as adults and a child-sized figure in pale blue cross the cobblestones. — The wider architectural view shows visitors moving beneath the palace's columns and ornate rooflines.
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