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Cuba-1956: White Boat With Green Roof Taking Off From Jetty

  • Year1956
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCuba
  • Duration5s
  • Collection1956 Cuba

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White Boat With Green Roof Taking Off From Jetty — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cuba in 1956 shows a small white boat with a distinctive green roof departing from a jetty. The clip captures the boat from an overhead angle as it moves through calm water, with a person visible on board holding a white object. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, characteristic of amateur 1950s home movies. The scene evokes a sense of quiet travel and nostalgia, with the boat's simple design and the gentle movement of the water creating a peaceful, historical moment.

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
120972903

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

  • boat
  • sea
  • water
  • transport
  • movement
  • boats
  • ocean
  • river
  • waves
  • travel
  • white
  • green
  • roof
  • jetty
  • objects
  • cuba
  • 1956
  • 1956 Cuba boat footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • white boat with green roof
  • 1950s travel footage
  • Cuban water transport
  • archival boat departure
  • retro 1950s film
  • classic home movie
  • 8mm film grain
  • vintage water footage
  • 1950s Cuba
  • small boat on water
  • historical boat clip
  • nostalgic travel footage
  • 8mm film
  • 8mm footage
  • vintage 1950s
  • archival water scene
  • 1956 home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s Cuba travel footage for productions needing a brief home-movie view of a small boat leaving a jetty or dock.
Period detail
The small open boat, painted white with a green roof, may show mid-1950s leisure or local transport design in Cuba.
Home-movie behavior
The overhead handheld viewpoint records an unstaged departure moment as a person at the side handles a white object near the boat.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include calm water, a white boat, green canopy roof, jetty edge, dark railings, rope or cable, and a partially seen person.
Film character
The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, color shift, gate shadow, and handheld framing that retain the feel of amateur home-movie footage.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short travel insert, water-transport cutaway, departure transition, or quiet memory beat.
Historical context
The clip visually places small-boat movement within a 1956 Cuba travel reel without proving the vessel type, route, or exact waterfront.
Research note
People are visible in partial view, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and any location or vessel identification checks.
Research search match
Useful searches include 1956 Cuba 8mm boat departure, home movie small boat jetty, vintage travel water transport, and green roof boat.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the same reel, then other Cuba 1956 waterfront scenes, then broader 1950s travel, boats, docks, and water movement.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba home-movie frame showing a white boat with a green roof near a jetty, seen from above.
White boat with green roof seen from above at the water's edge.
1956 Cuba frame of the green-roofed white boat beside the jetty, with a partial person at the right edge.
Boat remains alongside the jetty as a person is partly visible at frame edge.
1956 Cuba home-movie view of the white boat beginning to leave the jetty, with a partial person and white object at right.
Green-roofed boat starts moving away from the jetty into the water.
1956 Cuba frame showing the green-roofed white boat moving through rippled water from an overhead viewpoint.
Boat moves out into open water, leaving the jetty area behind.

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