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Cuba-1956: Woman At Beach Adjusting Swim Cap Near Lighthouse

  • Year1956
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCuba
  • Duration5s
  • Collection1956 Cuba

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Woman At Beach Adjusting Swim Cap Near Lighthouse — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cuba in 1956 captures a woman in a pink one-piece swimsuit and white swim cap adjusting her cap at the beach. The grainy, color-bleached film shows her smiling and interacting with the camera against a backdrop of blue sky and ocean. The sequence transitions to a distant view of a historic stone lighthouse perched on a rocky coastal fortress, showcasing classic mid-century travel and leisure. The footage exhibits authentic Super 8 film characteristics with natural motion and period-specific fashion, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s Cuban tourism and seaside life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
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Delivery
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Duration
5s
Payment
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Clip ID
120972367

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

  • 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

  • swim cap
  • woman
  • building
  • holiday
  • vacation
  • visitors
  • travel
  • tourism
  • unique
  • activities
  • beach
  • swimming
  • lighthouse
  • holidays
  • cuba
  • 1956
  • 1956 Cuba beach footage
  • vintage 8mm home movie
  • woman in swimsuit
  • swim cap 1950s
  • pink one-piece swimsuit
  • beach vacation 1956
  • Cuban lighthouse
  • historic lighthouse footage
  • Super 8 film
  • 1950s travel
  • retro beach scene
  • vintage tourism
  • old film footage
  • archival 1950s
  • classic swimwear
  • seaside leisure
  • 8mm film grain
  • nostalgic travel
  • Cuba 1956
  • vintage home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s Cuba travel, beach leisure, and home-movie sequences needing brief editorial or documentary evidence of seaside tourism.
Period detail
The woman's pink swimsuit, white swim cap, color 8mm look, and visitor view of a coastal lighthouse support a mid-century travel setting.
Home-movie behavior
The woman adjusts her swim cap and faces the camera in an informal beach moment before the footage cuts to a visitor-shot coastal landmark.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a woman in a pink swimsuit, white swim cap, blue sky, ocean horizon, rocky shoreline, stone fortification, lighthouse, and distant boat.
Film character
The clip has soft color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld 8mm framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a brief beach-life insert, travel-memory beat, or transition from personal leisure to Cuban coastal sightseeing.
Historical context
The footage visually suggests mid-century vacation activity in Cuba, with personal beach behavior set against a coastal lighthouse and stone structure.
Research note
A woman's face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location identification, and any property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1956 Cuba 8mm beach footage, woman adjusting swim cap, Cuban lighthouse home movie, and 1950s coastal tourism.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then Cuba 1956 travel material, then broader 1950s beach, tourism, and lighthouse footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba home-movie frame showing a woman in a pink swimsuit adjusting a white swim cap with blue sky and sea behind her.
Woman adjusts her swim cap at the beach with ocean visible behind her.
Close 1956 Cuba beach frame of a woman in a pink swimsuit adjusting her white swim cap against blue sky.
Close view of the woman lifting or adjusting her swim cap.
1956 Cuba home-movie view of a stone coastal fortification with a lighthouse above rocks and a boat on the water.
Coastal lighthouse and stone structure seen from a distance near the water.
Distant 1956 Cuba coastal frame showing a lighthouse rising from a stone structure on a rocky shore.
Distant view of the lighthouse and stone coastal structure on the rocky shoreline.

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← Previous in archiveCuba-1956: Beach Women in Vintage Swimsuits Walking Near UmbrellaNext in archive →Cuba-1956: Historic Lighthouse On Stone Fortress With Weathered Walls
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