Paris France-1947: Window Shopper Studying Les Frères Lissac Optician Displays

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationParis, Ile-de-France, France
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1947 · Paris & Ile-de-France · Reel 9133c154 contains 26 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

window shopping
optical retail
everyday urban life
French commercial signage
storefront design
postwar Paris

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · tilt · Street-level, approximately eye-level view with a slight upward angle and changing cant
Setting: outdoor · Urban sidewalk outside an optician's glazed storefront
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Dry conditions; sky not visible
Lighting: Natural daylight with a dark recessed entrance and shaded display interiors
People: 1 · One person seen from behind or at a slight rear angle, wearing a long dark overcoat and brimmed hat while looking into the window.
Objects: glazed storefront · central doorway · display shelves · stepped display fittings · small display objects · portrait images · circular decorative emblems · sidewalk
Readable signs: les frères lissac · OPTICIENS · LUNETIERS
Colors: black · cream · muted brown · gray-green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A shopper faces the display beside the central entrance.
The optician's name and trade lettering remain readable above the windows.
The handheld framing shifts to include more of the upper frontage.
The left display fills more of the view as the shopper continues looking.

Window Shopper Studying Les Frères Lissac Optician Displays — Clip Details

Paris, France, circa 1947 home movie footage shows a person in a dark overcoat and brimmed hat studying an optician's window. The sign above reads “les frères lissac,” with “OPTICIENS” and “LUNETIERS” below. Pale stepped displays flank a recessed central doorway, with small objects and portrait images arranged behind glass. A single handheld shot shifts across the frontage while the shopper remains facing the display.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 800002856

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Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 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 1947 Paris view serves documentary requests for everyday shopping, optician frontage and readable French retail signage.
Period detail: The long overcoat, brimmed hat, script business lettering and stepped window fittings provide visible period detail consistent with circa 1947.
Home-movie behavior: The shopper remains absorbed in the display while the camera operator briefly studies the frontage from the sidewalk.
What appears in frame: The view contains a dark-coated shopper, a brimmed hat, a central doorway, pale display fittings, portrait images, circular emblems and large French lettering.
Film character: Visible grain, soft detail, muted coloration, uneven brightness and handheld drift retain the texture of small-gauge film captured from projection.
Edit role: Use the shot as a retail cutaway or a quiet pause within a sequence of Paris street activity.
Historical context: The readable optician's trade lettering and carefully arranged windows show how a specialist retailer presented its business to passing shoppers.
Research note: Film copyright is separate from likeness and property permissions; the shopper's face is indistinct, while business signage, display imagery and a private commercial frontage are visible.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1947 Paris window shopping, Les Frères Lissac frontage and silent small-gauge footage of French optical retail.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Byron shopfront, Marignan cinema frontage and Champs-Élysées location sign, then with circa 1947 Paris streets and other window-shopping scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Paris, circa 1947: a dark-coated shopper studies the window beneath the les frères lissac optician sign. — A shopper stands at the left display beneath the optician's large script sign.
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Paris, circa 1947: a shopper faces Les Frères Lissac's left window, with stepped displays flanking the central entrance. — The central doorway separates two broad display windows.
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Les Frères Lissac in Paris, circa 1947, with readable OPTICIENS and LUNETIERS lettering above a window shopper. — An upward-shifted view emphasizes the business name and optical trade lettering.
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Paris, circa 1947: the framing favors Les Frères Lissac's left display, where a hat-wearing shopper continues looking through the glass. — The shopper remains facing the display as the handheld view shifts across the frontage.
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