Havana Cuba-1956: Two Women Walking Toward the Camera Past Plaza Benches

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What is in this clip

Everyday urban life
Pedestrian movement
Mid-century clothing
Public space
Amateur observation
Travel

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · Eye-level view facing approaching pedestrians
Setting: outdoor · Paved urban plaza with benches, a grass border, parked cars and a columned building
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Dry, with sunshine
Lighting: Natural daylight with visible ground shadows
People: 3 · Three clearly visible adult women: two approach in a white blouse with teal skirt and a pale blue dress, while one in a dark dress walks away; the approaching women carry handbags and one wears sunglasses.
Vehicles: Several parked mid-century passenger cars
Objects: Slatted benches with concrete supports · Handbags · Sunglasses · Heeled shoes · Paved walkway · Grass border · Building columns · Large windows
Colors: teal · pale blue · cream · gray · dark navy · muted green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two women approach along the plaza as a woman in a dark dress walks away.
The approaching pair pass the benches with handbags at their sides.
The women reach the foreground, with their moving skirts prominent.

Two Women Walking Toward the Camera Past Plaza Benches — Clip Details

Likely Havana, Cuba, circa 1956 home movie footage shows two women walking toward the camera across a paved plaza. One wears a white blouse and teal skirt, while the other wears a pale blue dress and sunglasses; both carry handbags. A third woman in a dark dress walks away past slatted benches, with parked cars and a tall columned facade behind her. One continuous, nearly stationary shot follows the approaching pair as their skirts move with their steps.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
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Duration: 4s
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Clip ID: 800004481

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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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 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, 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: This circa 1956 scene supports documentary requests for women walking in a public plaza, with period clothing and parked cars visible.
Period detail: Full calf-length skirts, a fitted pale blue dress, handbags, heeled shoes and rounded automobile bodies support the mid-century estimate.
Home-movie behavior: The women approach the filmmaker at an ordinary walking pace while another pedestrian continues away behind them.
What appears in frame: The view contains three women, slatted benches, a grass border, parked passenger cars, tall columns and large building windows.
Film character: Soft projected-film detail, muted color, grain and fine vertical marks give the continuous view its archival texture.
Edit role: Use the shot as a brief pedestrian cutaway or transition between wider urban sightseeing views and closer observations of clothing.
Historical context: The combination of public seating, parked cars and dressed pedestrians records the appearance of an urban gathering space around circa 1956.
Research note: People, faces, cars and building property are visible; copyright licensing does not itself establish likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1956 women walking, mid-century plaza activity and color small-gauge home movies, with Havana provisionally attributed.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Havana waterfront panorama and harbor arrival, then provisionally related Cuba material from circa 1956, followed by other pedestrian and clothing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Likely Havana, circa 1956: women in a teal skirt and pale blue dress approach the camera as a dark-dressed pedestrian walks away. — The approaching pair pass a woman walking in the opposite direction beside plaza benches.
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Two handbag-carrying women advance beside plaza seating in likely Havana, circa 1956, with rounded parked cars across the background. — Handbags and swaying skirts become clearer as the women approach.
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Likely Havana, circa 1956: approaching women reveal mid-century dresses and accessories against benches, period cars and tall building columns. — The pair reach the foreground as the dark-dressed pedestrian recedes across the plaza.
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In likely Havana, circa 1956, a woman in a teal skirt looks toward her blue-dressed companion as they walk close to the camera. — One woman turns toward her companion near the end of the continuous walking shot.
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