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Cuba-1956: Man Struggling In Ocean At Night Near Ship

  • Year1956
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCuba
  • Duration5s
  • Collection1956 Cuba

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Man Struggling In Ocean At Night Near Ship — Clip Details

CUBA-1956: A man in a white shirt and dark pants is seen struggling in the ocean at night, illuminated by a bright light source. The scene is captured from above, showing the dark water and a nearby ship or boat structure. The footage has a grainy, vintage 8mm film quality with deep blue and black tones, conveying a dramatic and historic atmosphere. The man appears to be in distress, possibly swimming or clinging to a surface, with the ship's deck and railings visible in the frame. This archival home movie captures a tense moment of human struggle against the sea.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Night
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Manual review required — request licensing
Delivery
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Duration
5s
Payment
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Clip ID
120972987

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
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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

  • water
  • dark
  • person
  • waves
  • swimming
  • police
  • ship
  • humans
  • night
  • sitting
  • there's
  • man
  • ocean
  • hispanic
  • green
  • boat
  • nature
  • cuba
  • 1956
  • 1956 Cuba ocean footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • night swim
  • man in distress
  • archival home movie
  • historic footage
  • ship at sea
  • grainy film
  • retro footage
  • dark water
  • maritime rescue
  • 1950s film
  • old film
  • cinematic
  • dramatic scene
  • historical footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage footage
  • ocean survival
  • archival clip

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s Cuba home-movie footage for edits needing a tense nighttime ocean rescue or ship-adjacent distress moment.
Period detail
The frame may show mid-1950s amateur travel filming, with harsh deck lighting, dark water, and small-boat rail structure visible from above.
Home-movie behavior
The value is the immediate, unstaged overhead view of a person struggling in dark water near a vessel rather than a composed rescue scene.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a man in the water, churning waves, blue-black ocean surface, boat railing, deck hardware, strong spotlighting, and heavy shadows.
Film character
The 8mm image has deep underexposure, blue cast, coarse grain, soft focus, and abrupt handheld framing that heighten the archival night-sea texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, tension beat, rescue cutaway, or transitional flash within a maritime, travel, or danger-at-sea sequence.
Historical context
The footage gives visual context for nighttime activity near water in Cuba, but the frames do not identify the vessel, people, or circumstances.
Research note
A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and context should be assessed separately before publication.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1950s Cuba 8mm ocean at night, man in water near boat, home movie ship rescue, and dark sea distress footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Cuba 1956 maritime scenes, then broader 1950s travel or ocean-rescue material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba 8mm frame showing a high-angle night view of dark water, a boat edge, and a person close to the vessel.
A person is seen near the side of a boat in dark, spotlighted water.
1956 Cuba night footage frame with a person partly surfaced in dark water near the curved outline of a boat.
A person surfaces in the dark water beside a nearby boat shape.
1956 Cuba 8mm frame showing a person moving through choppy, dark water beside a boat at night.
The person creates splashes while moving through the dark water near the vessel.
1956 Cuba home-movie frame of a person in disturbed dark water next to a boat outline under harsh night light.
A person remains in churning water close to the boat as the frame darkens around the edges.

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