Pauillac France-1946: Town Name Sign Beside Tiled-Roof Buildings

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationPauillac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 · Pauillac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1946 · France & Le Verdon-sur-Mer · Reel 1e681379 contains 11 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

geographical identification
French travel
roadside infrastructure
town architecture
everyday surroundings
visitor observation

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye-level, near-frontal view
Setting: outdoor · Town roadside with buildings, a stone wall and shrubs
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · No precipitation visible; cloud cover indeterminate
Lighting: Soft natural daylight with dark background shadows
People: 2 · At least two small, indistinct pedestrian figures appear in the lower-left background; faces, ages and clothing details are unresolved.
Objects: town name panel · D.2 route plate · Gironde department plate · signpost · tiled-roof buildings · stone wall · shrubs · dark window openings
Readable signs: PAUILLAC · D.2 · GIRONDE
Colors: cream · dark purple · muted red · gray · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The PAUILLAC panel appears between the smaller route and department plates.
The held view includes tiled roofs and distant pedestrians behind the post.
Slight framing drift continues while the town name remains prominent.

Town Name Sign Beside Tiled-Roof Buildings — Clip Details

Pauillac, Gironde, France, 1946 home movie footage shows a roadside town sign in a single close view. White PAUILLAC lettering fills the dark rectangular panel, with a D.2 route plate above and GIRONDE below. Pale buildings with tiled roofs, a low stone wall and distant pedestrians appear behind the post. The camera holds on the lettering with slight handheld drift throughout the short shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shot
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003170

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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: 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: Pauillac, 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: This 1946 view supplies a readable geographical insert for documentaries and educational productions about Pauillac, Gironde or French travel.
Period detail: The route and department plates, tiled roofs and distant dark-clad pedestrians provide period detail, although none independently fixes the year.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor pauses to record the town name while ordinary pedestrian activity remains incidental in the background.
What appears in frame: The frame contains a town panel, two smaller identification plates, a supporting post, tiled roofs, dark windows, a stone wall and distant pedestrians.
Film character: Soft focus, grain, dust, fine scratches and a purple cast form the texture of this projected-film camera transfer.
Edit role: Use the lettering as an establishing insert or a geographical transition into the reel's Pauillac street scenes.
Historical context: The town and department lettering anchors the view in Pauillac, while the surrounding buildings record its roadside setting in 1946.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property permissions; distant people and building exteriors are visible, but faces are unresolved.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for 1946 Pauillac home movies, Gironde road signage and small-gauge French travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's bakery and shopfront pedestrians, then other Pauillac views from 1946, followed by comparable French town-sign inserts.

Still Frames From This Clip

Pauillac, France, 1946: the town name fills a dark roadside panel above the GIRONDE plate, with pale buildings behind. — PAUILLAC lettering dominates the view, with the route plate above and department plate below.
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A held 1946 view of the Pauillac sign in Gironde, France, with small pedestrian figures at the lower left. — The town name remains centered against pale buildings and dark shrubs.
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Pauillac, Gironde, France, in 1946: roadside identification plates stand before tiled roofs, dark windows and a low stone wall. — Town, route and department plates identify the location in one close view.
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The Pauillac town panel in a 1946 French home movie, framed with the D.2 plate, department name and tiled-roof buildings. — The final sampled view retains the readable town name and surrounding roadside buildings.
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