Cuba-1956: Dark Haired Fit Guy Swimming In The Water In A Bathing Suit

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Dark Haired Fit Guy Swimming In The Water In A Bathing Suit — Clip Details

A grainy, vintage 8mm home movie clip from Cuba in 1956 shows a dark-haired, fit man swimming in water. The footage, captured on 8mm film, features a solo swimmer in a bathing suit, splashing and moving through the dark water. The image is heavily affected by film damage, including scratches, dust, and a prominent orange light leak on the left edge. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgic summer fun and retro archival footage, with the swimmer's movements creating ripples and splashes in the dimly lit environment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
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Duration: 5s
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Clip ID: 120972788

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Cuba home-movie requests needing a brief recreational swimming or vacation-water insert with visible physical-film texture.
Period detail: The metadata places the clip in Cuba in 1956, while the frames mainly show a swimmer in dark water without visible landmarks or dated clothing detail.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an informal, unstaged view of a man swimming and surfacing in water from a close home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone swimmer, dark water, ripples, splashes, film gate edges, heavy grain, and an orange light leak along the left side.
Film character: The clip has a dense 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, dark exposure, scratches, dust, and intermittent light leak color at the frame edge.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, summer recreation cutaway, or textured transition within a family travel or Caribbean vacation sequence.
Historical context: The footage suggests mid-century leisure swimming captured by a private camera, with no visible landmark or social event establishing a more specific context.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable in most frames, so likeness review may still be needed separate from copyright and source permissions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Cuba 8mm swimming, vintage home movie swimmer, dark water vacation footage, and mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Cuba 1956 travel material, then broader 1950s swimming, beach, lake, or vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba home-movie frame showing a small swimmer in dark water, partly obscured by grain, scratches, and a warm light leak. — A lone swimmer moves through dark water as the 8mm frame shows heavy grain and edge light leak.

1956 Cuba frame with a swimmer surfacing in dark water, surrounded by ripples and softened by grain and low exposure. — The swimmer surfaces near the center of the frame, creating a small ring of ripples.

1956 Cuba home-movie frame showing a swimmer partly submerged in dark water with splash marks and visible 8mm frame edges. — A closer view catches the swimmer partly underwater as splashes spread across the dark surface.

1956 Cuba frame showing disturbed dark water and splash trails, with the swimmer mostly out of view and a bright diagonal frame edge. — The final frame emphasizes splashes, dark water texture, and the physical edge of the film frame.

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