Cuba-1956: Low-Rise Residential Building

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit

Serves documentary requests for pre-revolutionary Cuba, 1950s Caribbean architecture, or Latin American mid-century modern establishing shots.

Period detail

White-painted brick construction, horizontal louvered windows with blue-green panels, and flat rooflines are consistent with mid-century modern residential architecture of 1950s Cuba.

Home-movie behavior

A visitor or resident methodically pans the building facade, suggesting deliberate documentation of the property rather than incidental or casual capture.

What appears in frame

Two-story white brick building, horizontal louvered windows with blue-green shutters, flat roofline, palm tree, low trimmed hedges, green lawn, and pilaster-style column accents.

Film character

Natural 8mm grain, mild color fading toward cooler tones, and occasional surface specks give the footage the tactile quality characteristic of mid-century home movie stock.

Edit role

Functions as a location establishing shot or architectural cutaway in documentaries about pre-revolutionary Cuba, Caribbean modernism, or 1950s Latin American domestic life.

Historical context

The building's clean horizontal lines and tropical landscaping are consistent with modernist residential construction that characterized urban Cuba in the mid-1950s.

Research note

No identifiable people visible; the building exterior may constitute identifiable private property. Verify current ownership and applicable rights frameworks before commercial use.

Research search match

Pre-revolutionary Cuba architecture, 1950s Caribbean home movie, mid-century modern residential building, 8mm Cuba footage, tropical modernist exterior.

Archive pairing path

Pair first with other clips from the same Cuba 1956 reel; then with Caribbean or Latin American 1950s architectural footage; then with mid-century modernist residential exteriors.