Havana Cuba-1952: Woman in White Points Upward as a Man and Boy Look Up in a Shady Garden

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationHavana, La Habana, Cuba
Duration4s
Collection1952 · Havana, La Habana, Cuba
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

tourism
sightseeing
travel
1950s fashion
family outing
tropical garden
pointing gesture

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Shady tropical garden with a paved path, dense dark foliage, palm fronds and a broad palm trunk
Time and weather: day · summer · not visible; deep shade
Lighting: Dim, shaded natural light with bright white clothing against dark greenery
People: 3 · An adult woman in a white blouse and white skirt with a straw shoulder bag; an adult man in a straw Panama-style hat, long-sleeved white shirt and khaki trousers; a boy in a white short-sleeved shirt, grey trousers and a cross-body strap
Objects: straw shoulder bag · Panama-style straw hat · cross-body strap · palm trunk · palm fronds · paved path
Colors: dark green · white · khaki · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A woman in white, a man in a Panama hat and a boy stand on a shady garden path.
The woman raises her arm and points up and to the right.
She lowers her arm and gazes upward while the boy folds his arms.
The boy tilts his head back to look up.
The man steps forward toward the right of frame.

Woman in White Points Upward as a Man and Boy Look Up in... — Clip Details

Havana, Cuba, circa 1952 home movie footage of a woman, a man and a boy standing on a paved path in a shady garden. She wears a white blouse and skirt with a straw bag on her shoulder, points up and to the right, then keeps gazing upward. The man in a straw Panama-style hat and the boy in a white shirt with folded arms look up as well before the man steps forward. Filmed in one handheld 8mm colour shot against dark foliage and a broad palm trunk.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
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Duration: 4s
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Clip ID: 800001635

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1952 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: Havana, La Habana, 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: Serves requests for circa 1950s tourists in pre-revolution Havana, giving documentaries and travel histories a candid human moment from a day ashore.
Period detail: The woman's white blouse and mid-calf skirt, the straw shoulder bag and the man's Panama-style straw hat may show 1950s tropical resort dress.
Home-movie behavior: The woman points at something above the camera and the others follow her gaze, an unstaged moment of curiosity seen by a fellow traveller.
What appears in frame: A woman in white with a straw bag, a man in a Panama-style hat, a boy with folded arms, a paved path, dark foliage and a broad palm trunk with fronds.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain and dim shade exposure give the handheld 8mm reversal colour a warm, glowing texture where the white clothes meet dark greens.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat within a Havana travel sequence, or as a bridge between landmark shots and street scenes.
Historical context: Filmed on a Caribbean cruise that also shows the Capitolio and Morro Castle, it reflects the visitor traffic Havana drew before 1961.
Research note: The three people are unidentified and the boy is a minor, so likeness permissions stay separate from the film's copyright; the garden's ownership is unknown.
Research search match: 1950s Havana tourists home movie; woman pointing up vintage 8mm; Panama hat Cuba travel film; pre-revolution Cuba sightseeing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's Havana harbour front, Prado lion and pagoda-roofed villa clips, then with other circa 1952 Havana footage, then with mid-century cruise sightseeing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in white raises her arm beside a man in a Panama-style hat and a boy in a shady Havana garden, circa 1952 — A woman in white lifts her arm toward something overhead as a man in a straw hat and a boy stand close by, Havana, circa 1952.
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Visitors look upward in a shaded Havana garden, a woman in white and a boy in front of a man in a Panama hat, circa 1952 — After pointing, the woman keeps looking up while the boy folds his arms and the man stands behind him.
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Tourists in white summer clothes pause on a shady path in Havana, circa 1952, the woman still looking upward — The three visitors pause on the garden path, framed by a palm trunk on the left and dark greenery behind.
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Boy looks skyward as a man in a Panama-style hat steps forward beside a woman in white, shady Havana garden, circa 1952 — The boy tilts his head back to look up while the man in the Panama-style hat starts to walk on.
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