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Cuba-1956: Resort Motel and Beach with Visitors

  • Year1956
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCuba
  • Duration5s
  • Collection1956 Cuba

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Resort Motel and Beach with Visitors — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cuba in 1956, capturing a tropical resort scene. The clip opens on a mid-century motel with pastel green walls, white columns, and wooden lounge chairs on a manicured lawn framed by palm trees. A man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants walks toward the building. The scene shifts to a beach where two women in retro swimsuits—one in pink, one in red—stand near a yellow and blue checkered beach tent. Classic 1950s automobiles are parked nearby. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 aesthetic, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century leisure travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
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Delivery
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Duration
5s
Payment
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Clip ID
120972249

Rights & Clearance

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
1956 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
Cuba 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.

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Topics & Keywords

  • man
  • woman
  • couple
  • walking
  • building
  • tent
  • trip
  • picnic
  • outdoor
  • vehicles
  • men
  • outing
  • people
  • cuba
  • 1956
  • 1956 Cuba footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1950s beach scene
  • retro swimsuits
  • classic American cars
  • tropical resort
  • mid-century motel
  • palm trees
  • Super 8 home movie
  • vintage travel
  • 1950s fashion
  • beach outing
  • archival footage
  • nostalgic travel
  • Cuba 1956
  • vintage film grain
  • retro vacation
  • 8mm footage
  • old film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s Cuba travel, resort, beach, and mid-century leisure sequences needing authentic home-movie texture.
Period detail
Pastel motel architecture, palm-lined grounds, striped lounge chairs, retro swimsuits, beach tent, and 1950s automobiles support the stated 1956 setting.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from motel grounds and arriving figures to a casual beach setup with women adjusting or arranging items.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include palm trunks, motel rooms, lawn, walkway, lounge chairs, parked cars, two women in swimsuits, and a yellow-blue beach tent.
Film character
The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, dust specks, mild fading, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, travel-memory transition, resort establishing beat, or cutaway between broader Cuba or beach-leisure scenes.
Historical context
The clip visually documents mid-century tourist leisure in Cuba through motel grounds, parked cars, beach clothing, and informal vacation activity.
Research note
People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1956 Cuba home movie, 1950s tropical motel, vintage beach outing, mid-century resort, classic cars, and 8mm travel footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cuba 1956 resort material, then broader 1950s travel, beach, and vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba home-movie frame showing palm trunks, a motel exterior, green lawn, walkway, and patio lounge chairs.
Palm-framed motel grounds with lawn, walkway, and lounge seating.
1956 Cuba resort scene with a person near a walkway, palm trees, parked mid-century cars, and motel buildings in the background.
Person walking near palm-lined motel grounds and parked cars.
1956 Cuba frame showing classic cars parked near motel grounds, with palms, lawn, walkway, and low resort buildings visible.
Classic cars and palms beside the motel lawn.
1956 Cuba beach outing frame with two women near a yellow-blue striped tent, beach chairs, sand, and scattered personal items.
Two women stand by a striped beach tent and chairs on the sand.

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