Cuba-1962: Man Walking Across Airfield

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCuba
Duration5s

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Man Walking Across Airfield — Clip Details

CUBA-1962: A man in a light-colored jacket and dark pants walks across an expansive airfield or tarmac under a pale sky. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a wide, open landscape with distant ocean horizons. The man moves toward the camera, then turns and walks away, with other figures visible in the background. The scene has a grainy, vintage quality with faded colors and film scratches, capturing a candid moment from a mid-20th century home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
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Duration: 5s
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Clip ID: 125012966

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 1184 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: saratoga
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: cuba
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Cuba Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s Cuba editorial requests needing candid 8mm airfield or coastal tarmac footage with a lone adult figure in motion.
Period detail: The light jacket, open paved airfield, faded color, and 8mm home-movie texture may show early 1960s travel-era visual detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the camera observes an adult walking across a broad airfield near an ocean horizon.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a paved tarmac, distant sea horizon, pale sky, runway markings, an adult man, distant figures, and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, mild weave, faded blue-purple color, and scratches typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief transition, travel insert, or reflective cutaway for a 1960s Cuba or airfield sequence.
Historical context: The view places people on an exposed airfield beside open water, suggesting travel or transit activity without identifying a specific facility.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from subject permissions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Cuba 8mm airfield, man walking on tarmac, coastal runway home movie, and vintage travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cuba 1962 airfield views, then broader 1960s travel and transit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Cuba 8mm frame showing a broad paved airfield near open water under a pale sky, with dark film borders. — A wide airfield view opens toward a distant ocean horizon.

Adult man on a broad Cuba airfield in 1962, walking across the tarmac with the ocean horizon behind him. — A man walks across the open tarmac with sea and sky behind him.

1962 Cuba airfield frame with a man near the film edge and runway lines receding toward a distant horizon. — Runway lines lead into the distance as the man moves near the frame edge.

Cuba 1962 home-movie frame showing people on a coastal airfield, including a standing adult near painted runway markings. — Figures and scattered belongings appear on the tarmac near runway markings.

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