Cuba-1962: Building with Columns on Cobblestone Plaza

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCuba
Duration5s

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Building with Columns on Cobblestone Plaza — Clip Details

CUBA-1962: A sweeping 8mm home movie view of a grand classical building with tall columns and a cobblestone plaza. Vintage automobiles from the early 1960s are parked along the street, and a few pedestrians walk through the historic square. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain, slight motion blur, and a nostalgic color palette typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera pans across the impressive architecture, capturing the scale and detail of the landmark under bright daylight.

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: 125013774

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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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or education edits needing early-1960s 8mm travel footage of a monumental classical plaza in Cuba.
Period detail: The scene shows early-1960s visual clues including period automobiles, open paving, columned architecture, and handheld color 8mm exposure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, panning across a landmark plaza from street level rather than presenting a staged architectural study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall columns, a cobblestone or paved plaza, an obelisk-like monument, parked cars, pedestrians, colonnades, and bright daylight.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and gate-edge darkness that give the scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel-memory transition, or architectural cutaway for a 1960s Cuba sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places visitors, cars, and formal civic or religious architecture in the same public square without establishing a specific event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no brands are clear, and copyright status remains separate from property or personality rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1960s Cuba 8mm travel footage, classical plaza, columned landmark, vintage cars, and home-movie architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cuba 1962 plaza views, then broader 1960s travel footage of public landmarks and streets.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Cuba 8mm frame showing a broad plaza beside large classical columns, with distant pedestrians and vehicles under bright daylight. — A handheld view opens on the edge of a monumental columned building and open plaza.

1962 Cuba 8mm frame of a long classical colonnade across an open public square, with soft focus and dark gate-edge framing. — The camera pans across a long colonnaded building bordering the plaza.

1962 Cuba 8mm frame showing a columned plaza frontage, an obelisk-like monument, vintage cars, and distant pedestrians. — The pan reveals cars and pedestrians near a colonnaded frontage and tall monument.

1962 Cuba 8mm frame with a wide view of the plaza, tall monument, classical colonnades, distant pedestrians, and street traffic. — The final view holds the plaza, monument, colonnades, and small figures in motion.

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