Cuba-1962: Stone Fountain in Cuban Plaza

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCuba
Duration5s

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Stone Fountain in Cuban Plaza — Clip Details

CUBA-1962: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a sun-drenched public square featuring a grand stone fountain with sculpted figures. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows classic Cuban architecture with arched doorways and balconies, while old cars and pedestrians move through the scene. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic mid-century atmosphere, offering authentic archival footage of daily life in 1960s Cuba.

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: 125013653

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Cuba archive requests needing a brief public-square fountain cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or period city-life sequences.
Period detail: Visible clues include mid-century cars, balconies, arched storefronts, stone fountain sculpture, and pedestrian activity that may show everyday urban Cuba in 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on a public fountain and surrounding square rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: The frames show a carved stone fountain, sculpted figures, shallow water basins, pedestrians, parked cars, warm facades, balconies, and arched doorways.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, handheld drift, warm faded color, gate edges, exposure variation, and visible grain that signal original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel-memory beat, plaza cutaway, or transition between broader Cuban street-life scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for a public urban setting where pedestrians, cars, architecture, and fountain sculpture share the same civic space.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from privacy or property review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Cuba 8mm home movie fountain, Cuban public square archival footage, mid-century Caribbean street scene, and vintage city plaza cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Cuba footage, then other 1962 Cuban public spaces, then broader vintage fountain, plaza, architecture, or street-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 8mm view of carved stone fountain detail in Cuba, with soft focus, dark gate edges, and visible film grain. — Carved fountain detail fills the frame at the start of the shot.

1962 Cuba public square view with a stone fountain in the foreground, pedestrians and cars beyond, and warm facades with balconies. — A fountain anchors a sunny public square with pedestrians and parked cars behind it.

Stone fountain sculptures stand before a Cuban public square scene with mid-century cars, pedestrians, balconies, and arched entrances. — Sculpted fountain figures appear against a busy square and street-facing buildings.

Handheld 8mm view of a public fountain in Cuba, with blurred stone sculpture, reflective water, cars, pedestrians, and surrounding facades. — The final frame drifts across the fountain basin with the square visible beyond.

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