Le Verdon-Sur-Mer France-1946: Pan Across Wooden Crosses in a Sandy Burial Ground

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationLe Verdon-sur-Mer, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 · Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

burial
remembrance
mortality
postwar travel
cemetery landscape
vernacular memorials

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Approximately eye-level, angled slightly downward across the burial plots
Setting: outdoor · Sandy burial ground with planted plots, wooden markers and mature trees
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Sunlit conditions
Lighting: Direct sunlight across the foreground with deep tree shade behind
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: wooden grave crosses · painted inscriptions · scalloped plot edging · low plants · sandy soil · low wall · chain barrier · barrier posts · tree trunks
Colors: ochre brown · pale beige · purple-blue · dark green · off-white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A large wooden cross stands before rows of smaller grave markers.
The leftward pan brings another foreground cross into view.
Several rows appear above sandy plots edged with pale scalloped borders.
The view settles briefly on additional crosses beneath shaded trees.

Le Verdon-Sur-Mer France-1946: Pan Across Wooden Crosses... — Clip Details

Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, 1946 home movie footage shows rows of wooden grave crosses in a sandy burial ground beneath trees. The camera pans left, moving a large foreground marker toward the right edge as more rows enter view. Pale scalloped borders outline planted plots, with a low wall and chain-linked posts behind them. Soft focus, purple shadows and intermittent film marks give the continuous shot its projected-film texture.

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: 800003167

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

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 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: Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 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 1946 French burial-ground footage within a postwar travel record.
Period detail: Simple wooden markers with painted inscriptions stand in sandy plots bounded by pale scalloped edging.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor's unhurried pan records the burial-ground layout without people posing or a ceremony taking place.
What appears in frame: Wooden crosses rise above sandy plots, low plants and scalloped edging, with a low wall, chain barrier and tree trunks behind.
Film character: Soft focus, grain, purple-blue shadows and intermittent marks preserve the texture of small-gauge film captured from projection.
Edit role: Works as a contemplative cutaway or short spatial survey within a sequence about postwar travel and remembrance.
Historical context: The documented 1946 Le Verdon section establishes the postwar setting, while the visible markers alone do not identify those buried.
Research note: No people or logos are visible; film copyright is separate from cemetery access and property permissions, and the grave inscriptions are not reliably readable.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Le Verdon home movies, French wooden grave crosses and small-gauge footage of postwar burial grounds.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's military danger sign and coastal fortification ruins, then with other 1946 Le Verdon views or footage of wooden burial markers.

Still Frames From This Clip

A foreground wooden grave cross and smaller markers in a sandy burial ground at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, in 1946. — A prominent wooden cross stands above a bordered plot, with further markers in tree shade.
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Wooden grave markers and a pale upright marker appear behind a tall foreground cross at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, in 1946. — The nearest cross shifts right as the pan exposes more of the burial-ground rows.
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Rows of wooden crosses span planted sandy plots during a 1946 home movie pan at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France. — Additional rows come into view between two prominent wooden markers.
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A broader burial-ground view shows wooden crosses, a chain barrier and shaded trees at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, in 1946. — The later view reveals a longer line of crosses and the chain barrier behind them.
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