Cuba-1956: Swimmer Being Pushed By Boat In A Lake Or River While Waving

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Swimmer Being Pushed By Boat In A Lake Or River While Waving — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cuba in 1956 shows a small boat navigating choppy water, with a swimmer in the lake or river waving as they are pushed by the vessel. The grainy, color-graded film captures a candid moment of aquatic activity, likely a family outing, with the swimmer in light-colored clothing and the boat showing a weathered green hull. The shot is framed through a dark border, suggesting a home movie perspective, with natural lighting and a nostalgic, archival feel.

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: 120973017

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Cuba Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Cuba documentary edits needing brief home-movie footage of informal boating, swimming, and water recreation.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, small weathered boat, and casual swimmer may show mid-1950s leisure activity on Cuban inland or coastal water.
Home-movie behavior: The swimmer waves from choppy water beside the moving boat, giving the clip an unstaged family-outing or travel-film quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small green boat, rippled blue water, a swimmer in light clothing, wake foam, dark film borders, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, and gate-like dark borders that read as original home-movie film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, memory beat, or odd aquatic insert within a sequence about travel, leisure, or family films.
Historical context: The scene suggests casual mid-century water recreation, but the frames do not identify the waterway, participants, or occasion.
Research note: A person is visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Cuba 8mm swimmer beside boat, vintage home movie boating water, and Cuban river or lake recreation may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Cuba 1956 water scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie boating or swimming material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba 8mm frame showing a small green boat on choppy water with a swimmer partly visible beside the bow. — A swimmer appears near the front of a small boat as it moves through rippled water.

1956 Cuba home-movie frame with a weathered green boat moving through water and a swimmer near the bow. — The boat continues forward while the swimmer remains close to its front edge.

1956 Cuba 8mm frame showing a swimmer in light clothing close to a small boat amid foamy wake. — A swimmer surfaces beside the boat as wake trails across the water.

1956 Cuba home-movie frame with a swimmer raising an arm beside a small boat on choppy water. — The swimmer raises an arm beside the boat as the water churns around them.

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