Lisbon Portugal-1980: Camera Pans Across a Hotel Facade Toward Rooftop Ritz Lettering

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationLisbon, Portugal
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · Lisbon, Portugal
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

travel
hotel architecture
urban modernism
geometric repetition
tourist observation
Portuguese cityscape

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Low angle looking upward
Setting: outdoor · Urban hotel exterior
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined; bare branches are visible · Clear sky
Lighting: Direct sunlight on the upper facade with deep balcony and lower-building shadows
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Landmarks: Hotel Ritz
Objects: recessed balconies · horizontal balcony parapets · vertical facade piers · rooftop letters · windows · bare tree branches · dark pole
Readable signs: RITZ
Colors: cream · beige · deep blue · dark brown · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Bare branches overlap the left portion of the sunlit hotel facade.
The rightward pan follows the repeating recessed balcony grid.
RITZ lettering is readable above the balconies near the right corner.
The building's narrow side elevation enters the closing view.

Camera Pans Across a Hotel Facade Toward Rooftop Ritz... — Clip Details

Lisbon, Portugal, circa 1980 home movie footage shows a tall hotel facade beneath a clear blue sky. A continuous pan moves right across rows of recessed balconies, with bare branches and a dark pole at the left edge early in the shot. RITZ lettering becomes readable near the roof as the building's right corner enters view. Filmed from below, the exterior has sunlit pale surfaces, deep balcony shadows and visible grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004359

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

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Source & Documentation

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Date: 1980 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: Lisbon, Portugal 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 Lisbon hotel exterior supports documentary and museum requests for Portuguese travel and modern architecture circa 1980.
Period detail: The pale slab facade, repetitive recessed balconies and rooftop RITZ letters provide architectural detail, though none fixes the filming date.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor's camera follows the facade upward from street level and pans toward the hotel name without staged action.
What appears in frame: The frames contain pale balcony grids, deep recesses, vertical facade strips, rooftop lettering, bare branches, a dark pole and blue sky.
Film character: Visible grain, soft edges, saturated blue sky and strong shadow contrast reflect the projected small-gauge color-film capture.
Edit role: Use the shot as a named hotel establishing exterior, an architectural cutaway or a transition into a Lisbon travel sequence.
Historical context: The facade records modern hotel architecture within a Portuguese travel sequence, with the rooftop name anchoring the building's identity.
Research note: RITZ branding and a privately owned building are visible; film copyright licensing is separate from any applicable trademark or property permissions, and no people appear.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for Lisbon Ritz hotel exteriors, circa 1980 Portuguese travel home movies and small-gauge architectural footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's elevated city views and balcony sequence, then Lisbon material circa 1980, followed by other modern hotel exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

Lisbon's Ritz hotel circa 1980, viewed from below with sunlit balcony edges, dark lower floors and bare branches at left. — Bare branches and a dark pole overlap the hotel's sunlit facade.
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The Ritz hotel in Lisbon circa 1980, with a tall pale facade strip beside rows of shadowed balconies. — The pan follows the repeated balcony rows across the facade.
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Lisbon's Ritz hotel circa 1980 fills the frame with repeating recessed balconies and sunlit concrete edges. — The balcony grid dominates the upward-looking composition.
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Readable RITZ rooftop lettering above the Lisbon hotel's balcony facade circa 1980, with its narrow side elevation at right. — RITZ lettering identifies the hotel near the end of the pan.
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