New Orleans Louisiana-1958: Camera Tilts Up Cathedral Facade From Entrance to Clock

Catalog date: estimated · Catalog location: estimated. Review source evidence · Request a source quality check

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

From the same film reel

1958 · Daytona Beach & Florida · Reel f7ed9c0d contains 8 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

Explore this year and place

Compare featured footage, popular clips and the full collection.

Same year and place1958 · New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesExplore footage →Across the archiveFilmed in 1958Explore the year →Across the yearsNew Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesExplore the place →

What is in this clip

sightseeing
religious architecture
urban landmarks
travel memories
architectural observation
home movie recording

Shot type: detail
Camera: tilt · handheld · Frontal view shifting to a low upward angle
Setting: outdoor · Urban cathedral exterior with a fenced entrance and landscaped foreground
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · No precipitation visible; sky largely outside the frame
Lighting: Soft natural daylight with deep shadows inside the entrance
People: 4 · Approximately four distant visitors appear near the entrances and fence; faces, ages and clothing details are indistinct.
Landmarks: St. Louis Cathedral
Objects: iron fence · lamp posts · rounded shrub · open doorway · columns · arched windows · circular clock · triangular pediment
Colors: cream · gray · muted green · black · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

Select a time to watch that moment in the preview.

The entrance, iron fence, lamp posts and rounded foreground shrub fill the view.
The upward tilt brings more of the columns and arched windows into frame.
Upper windows and facade details replace most of the entrance area.
The circular clock and triangular pediment occupy the upper composition.

Camera Tilts Up Cathedral Facade From Entrance to Clock — Clip Details

New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1958 home movie footage shows the front of St. Louis Cathedral in a single upward tilt. The view begins at the open entrance, with distant visitors, an iron fence, lamp posts and a rounded shrub in the foreground. The camera rises over columns and arched windows to the circular clock and triangular pediment. Muted color, soft focus, visible dust and scratches accompany the slightly unsteady framing.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003432

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This circa 1958 New Orleans landmark detail supports documentary and museum requests for amateur sightseeing footage of St. Louis Cathedral.
Period detail: Distant visitors may show midcentury dress, but the enduring architecture offers little independent dating evidence.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor follows the facade upward with slightly wavering framing, recording architectural details without staged activity.
What appears in frame: The shot includes a rounded shrub, iron fence, lamp posts, open doorway, columns, arched windows, circular clock and pediment.
Film character: Muted color, soft definition, grain, dust and looping scratches accompany the gentle instability of the projected-film transfer.
Edit role: Use the rising architectural view as a landmark insert or a transition from street-level sightseeing to cathedral details.
Historical context: The facade places the viewer at a recognizable New Orleans religious landmark, with a few visitors visible around its entrance.
Research note: Film copyright is separate from likeness and property permissions; distant visitors and the cathedral exterior are visible, with no identifiable faces or readable signs.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1958 New Orleans home movies, St. Louis Cathedral facade details and small-gauge sightseeing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's passenger boat and waterway views, then other New Orleans material from circa 1958, followed by comparable church architecture.

Still Frames From This Clip

St. Louis Cathedral entrance in New Orleans, circa 1958, with distant visitors, iron fencing, lamp posts and a rounded foreground shrub. — The lower facade and open entrance appear behind iron fencing and a clipped shrub.
License this still · $49

Visitors near the doorway of St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, circa 1958, beneath columns and paired arched windows. — The camera begins to rise from the doorway toward the windows above.
License this still · $49

Paired windows and columns on St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, circa 1958, with a visible looping film scratch at right. — The upward tilt isolates windows, columns and cornices on the middle facade.
License this still · $49

The clock and triangular pediment of St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, circa 1958, above arched windows and columns. — The upper facade reveals the circular clock beneath its triangular pediment.
License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips