Paris France-1947: Pan Across an Obelisk, Stone Statues and Passing Cars

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationParis, Ile-de-France, France
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

urban travel
monumental architecture
public space
everyday mobility
historic streetscape
visitor observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Street-level view with a slightly tilted horizon
Setting: outdoor · Monumental urban square with broad roadways, classical buildings and trees
Time and weather: daytime · Undetermined; trees retain foliage · Cloudy
Lighting: Diffuse natural daylight
People: 15 · Approximately fifteen distant pedestrians are visible in the wider views, several wearing dark coats; faces and ages are indistinct.
Vehicles: rounded period passenger cars
Landmarks: Place de la Concorde · Luxor Obelisk
Objects: seated stone figures · decorated stone pedestals · tall street lamps · ornamental columns · stone balustrades · classical building façades · trees · roadway
Colors: warm gray · charcoal · cream · muted brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The obelisk rises behind a balustrade between tall street lamps.
The pan brings an ornate statue pedestal into the foreground.
Additional stone figures and pedestrians appear across the square.
Period cars cross the roadway as the view reaches the trees.

Pan Across an Obelisk, Stone Statues and Passing Cars — Clip Details

Place de la Concorde, Paris, circa 1947 home movie footage opens on the Luxor Obelisk, tall street lamps and a long classical façade. A continuous leftward pan passes seated stone figures on ornate pedestals while pedestrians cross the square. Rounded period cars enter the broad roadway as the view reaches a tree-lined edge. The wide composition has soft detail, visible grain and vertical film scratches.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shot
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: 800002862

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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: No
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 panorama serves documentary requests for Place de la Concorde landmarks, pedestrian activity and period road traffic.
Period detail: Rounded car bodies and dark coats supply period clues, while ornamental lamps and stone balustrades define the historic streetscape.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor-operated camera surveys the monuments in one continuous pan while unrelated pedestrians and motorists pass through the view.
What appears in frame: The view includes an obelisk, tall lamps, seated stone figures, decorated pedestals, classical façades, pedestrians and passing cars.
Film character: Soft projected detail, a warm near-monochrome cast, grain, vertical scratches and slight camera wobble give the sequence its archival texture.
Edit role: Use the continuous panorama as a location-establishing shot or a transition from monumental Paris to everyday street movement.
Historical context: The square's established monuments appear alongside ordinary pedestrian activity and rounded passenger cars, placing civic architecture within daily urban life.
Research note: Film copyright is separate from likeness, artwork and property rights; pedestrians are distant, faces are indistinct and public sculptures remain visible.
Research search match: This matches searches for Paris circa 1947 home movies, Place de la Concorde panoramas and period cars crossing a monumental square.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Palais Bourbon and period Paris traffic clips, then other Paris circa 1947 views, followed by broader urban travel sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

The Luxor Obelisk at Place de la Concorde, Paris, circa 1947, stands between dark street lamps before a classical façade. — The obelisk and tall lamps dominate the opening view across Place de la Concorde.
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A seated stone figure on a decorated pedestal at Place de la Concorde, Paris, circa 1947, with pedestrians and classical architecture behind. — A sculpted figure and its decorated pedestal fill the right side as the pan crosses the square.
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Stone figures, an ornamental column and pedestrians at Place de la Concorde, Paris, circa 1947, during the continuing panorama. — Several monuments share the wide view with pedestrians crossing the open square.
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A period car crosses Place de la Concorde, Paris, circa 1947, with trees, distant pedestrians and stone monuments behind. — A rounded passenger car crosses the foreground near the end of the pan.
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