Cuba-1956: A Car Drives Onto A Ferry And Passes A Member Of The Crew

Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationCuba
Duration5s
Collection1956 Cuba

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A Car Drives Onto A Ferry And Passes A Member Of The Crew — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cuba in 1956 captures a car driving onto a ferry. The view shifts from inside the vehicle, showing the dashboard, windshield, and wipers, to the ferry deck where a crew member in coveralls and a hat operates equipment. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century transportation and daily life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
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Duration: 5s
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Clip ID: 120975232

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

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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: Helps solve 1950s Cuba transportation requests needing home-movie footage of a car boarding or moving across a ferry for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The car interior, windshield wipers, ferry deck hardware, crew coveralls, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century vehicle travel and ferry operations in Cuba.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a traveler filming from inside a car, shifting from windshield views to a passing ferry crew member without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a car windshield, dashboard edge, rearview mirror, wipers, ferry railings, deck equipment, a crew member, waterline, and trees beyond the ferry.
Film character: Soft 8mm grain, color fading, gate shadows, handheld framing, and motion blur give the short scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, travel transition, ferry cutaway, or memory beat linking road travel with water crossing.
Historical context: The footage visually documents everyday vehicle movement onto a ferry, with a crew member and deck equipment suggesting routine public or local transport.
Research note: People and possible markings or brands are visible, so likeness and trademark review may be needed in addition to copyright and source licensing checks.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Cuba ferry footage, 8mm car windshield travel, home movie automobile boarding ferry, and mid-century transportation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cuba 1956 travel footage, then broader ferry, automobile, and mid-century transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cuba home-movie frame from inside a car, looking through the windshield at a ferry crew member, deck railings, and equipment. — A car approaches or passes a ferry crew member visible through the windshield.

From inside the car, the 1956 Cuba ferry deck shows railings, a painted warning sign, mechanical hardware, and water in the background. — Deck hardware and a warning sign pass across the windshield view.

1956 Cuba travel footage shows the car dashboard and wipers facing outward toward water, trees, and a low shoreline from the ferry. — The camera looks over the dashboard toward water and shoreline trees.

The final 1956 Cuba frame holds on the car windshield, rearview mirror, wipers, water, and tree-lined shore beyond the ferry. — The ferry view settles on the windshield, mirror, wipers, and distant shoreline.

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