Cuba-1962: Fountain and Silhouetted Statues in Cuban City

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCuba
Duration5s

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Fountain and Silhouetted Statues in Cuban City — Clip Details

CUBA-1962: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a sun-drenched cityscape with a prominent fountain in the foreground and classical architecture in the background. Silhouetted statues stand atop a balustrade against a bright sky, their forms stark against the light. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and the warm, faded color palette of 1960s film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of Cuban urban life and historic landmarks, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 125013780

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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: 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: 1960s Cuba city-sight footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief urban landmark insert from 8mm home movies.
Period detail: The clip shows classical architecture, a fountain, balustrades, and statue silhouettes with mid-century home-movie color and exposure characteristics.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels like a visitor filming notable city sights from shaded or transitional vantage points rather than a staged travel scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large fountain, columned building facade, bright sky, silhouetted rooftop statues, balustrades, distant pedestrians, and dark architectural edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and faded color that place the viewer close to the original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a city-sight cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader Cuba material and architectural details.
Historical context: The footage gives a brief visual record of public urban space in Cuba, emphasizing monuments, architecture, and sightseeing rather than identifiable personal activity.
Research note: People appear small or silhouetted, with no visible logos, but likeness, location, copyright, and any landmark-related permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Cuba 8mm city footage, Cuban fountain home movie, silhouetted statues, classical architecture, and vintage travel landmark views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cuba 1962 city views, then broader 1960s travel footage featuring fountains, statues, or civic architecture.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Cuba 8mm frame showing a public fountain before classical city architecture, with soft focus and faded color. — A fountain stands in the foreground with a columned building and city structures behind it.

A dark, underexposed 8mm frame with vertical architectural surfaces and only limited visible detail. — The camera passes a dark architectural surface, leaving the view mostly shadowed.

1962 Cuba 8mm frame with silhouetted statues along a balustrade, filmed against an overexposed bright sky. — Statues rise in silhouette above a balustrade against the bright sky.

1962 Cuba 8mm frame showing dark statue silhouettes on a balustrade, with pale clouds and heavy shadow below. — A line of statues appears as dark silhouettes above the balustrade.

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