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Cuba-1956: Woman at Historic Cannon at Colonial Fort

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  • Year1956
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCuba
  • Duration5s
  • Collection1956 · Cuba
  • StatusDirect License

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Woman at Historic Cannon at Colonial Fort — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cuba in 1956 shows a woman in a light blue strapless dress standing and sitting on a stone platform beside a historic cannon. The scene unfolds at a weathered colonial fort under a bright blue sky, with other visitors and workers visible near the stone walls and artillery. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a slightly soft focus, capturing a candid moment of leisure and exploration at a historic landmark. The footage offers authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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
120974789

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Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

  • People visible: Yes
  • Minors visible: No
  • Logos / trademarks: No
  • Audible music: No

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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

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Topics & Keywords

  • woman
  • dress
  • sits
  • steps
  • cannon
  • artillery
  • historical site
  • workers
  • relaxing
  • sitting
  • buildings
  • landmarks
  • cuba
  • 1956
  • Cuba 1956
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • historic fort
  • cannon artillery
  • colonial architecture
  • woman in dress
  • retro travel footage
  • 1950s Cuba
  • archival footage
  • old film
  • stone walls
  • blue sky
  • film grain
  • vintage color
  • candid moment
  • tourist visit
  • 1950s fashion
  • documentary footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s Cuba 8mm home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about tourism, colonial forts, leisure travel, or historic-site visits.
Period detail
The light dress, visitor poses, stone fort walls, railings, and old artillery may show mid-1950s leisure travel at a Cuban historic site.
Home-movie behavior
The scene has an unstaged visitor-shot feel as a woman poses, sits, and moves casually near a cannon while other people pass through the fort area.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a woman in a light blue dress, stone steps, large black cannon, railings, weathered masonry, blue sky, and nearby visitors or workers.
Film character
The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and saturated sky color typical of mid-century home-movie footage.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transitional insert for a sequence on Cuba, forts, tourism, or family travel.
Historical context
The footage visually places visitors among colonial-era masonry and artillery, suggesting public sightseeing or leisure at a fortified landmark in Cuba.
Research note
People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1956 Cuba 8mm fort visit, woman by cannon home movie, Cuban historic site tourists, and 1950s travel footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Cuba 1956 travel scenes, then broader 1950s historic-site or cannon cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba home-movie frame showing a woman in a light blue dress standing near a cannon on a stone fort platform.

A woman poses near a cannon on a raised stone platform at a historic fort.

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1956 Cuba frame with a woman standing on a fort platform beside a cannon, with another visitor near the steps.

The woman stands by the railing as another person moves near the fort steps.

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1956 Cuba home-movie frame showing a woman near fort steps and cannon, with a shirtless man visible below.

A woman looks toward the steps while a shirtless man stands below the cannon platform.

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1956 Cuba frame showing a woman seated beside a cannon at a fort, with other visitors on the platform.

The woman sits near the cannon as other people stand along the railing above.

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