Cuba-1956: Man Swimming To Boat

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Man Swimming To Boat — Clip Details

CUBA-1956: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a man swimming toward a small boat with a green deck and coiled rope. The footage shows the boat floating on dark water, with a person in the water approaching from the left. The scene has a grainy, nostalgic quality with muted colors and film artifacts typical of 1950s amateur footage. The camera remains stationary, offering a high-angle view of the water and boat. The clip evokes a sense of adventure and everyday life in mid-century Cuba, with authentic period details and a raw, unfiltered aesthetic.

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: 120972883

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: 1950s Cuba home-movie boating and swimming footage for documentary inserts, travel-history sequences, or archival lifestyle cutaways.
Period detail: The small leisure boat, muted color stock, and 8mm framing may show mid-1950s recreational boating rather than a staged travel scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from above as a man swims toward a nearby boat, preserving an informal vacation or outing moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark rippling water, a swimmer, a small boat with a green deck, coiled rope, railings, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, muted color, and contact-frame artifacts that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, water-travel insert, transition, or personal-memory beat within a Cuba or mid-century leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of recreation on the water in Cuba, with no visible landmark or event identification in the sampled frames.
Research note: A person is visible in the water, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, while no logos or readable vessel markings are visible.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1956 Cuba 8mm swimmer to boat, vintage home movie boating, man swimming near small boat, and mid-century water recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cuba 1956 water scenes, then broader 1950s travel, boating, and swimming footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba home-movie frame showing the bow area of a small boat with a green deck, rope, and dark water around it. — High-angle view of the green-decked boat on rippling water.

The small boat remains in view from above, with its green deck, coiled rope, railings, and surrounding water visible in the 1956 Cuba footage. — The boat drifts in frame with deck lines and rope visible.

A man swims in dark water above the small green-decked boat, visible in this high-angle 1956 Cuba home-movie frame. — The swimmer nears the boat from the upper part of the frame.

The frame shows a closer view of the green boat deck with deck hardware and a sliver of water along the edge. — Closer view of the boat deck as the water slips to the edge of frame.

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