Cairo Egypt-1946: Large Ship Sailing on Ocean with Crew

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationCairo, Egypt
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Egypt

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Large Ship Sailing on Ocean with Crew — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a large industrial ship sailing on the open ocean. The view, framed through a window or porthole, shows the ship's deck with a prominent smokestack, railings, and several crew members in light-colored uniforms working near the bow. The blue ocean stretches behind the vessel, and the film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains steady, offering a candid glimpse of mid-century maritime activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122712538

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 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: Cairo, Egypt 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s maritime home-movie footage useful for documentary or museum sequences needing an observational ship-deck view at sea.
Period detail: The large funnel, deck railings, davit-like equipment, and light-toned ship surfaces may show mid-century commercial or passenger-vessel details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the candid value of a traveler filming from another vessel or window as people move and work on the nearby ship deck.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a white ship superstructure, tall smokestack, railings, deck equipment, rigging, and small crew figures.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blue water, soft focus, gate edges, grain, slight blur, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, shipboard cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1940s Egypt reel.
Historical context: The view suggests everyday maritime travel or work seen from a passenger perspective, without enough visual evidence to identify the vessel or route.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright status and any property or vessel permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1940s 8mm ship at sea, Cairo Egypt home movie vessel, smokestack deck footage, and vintage maritime travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Cairo or Egypt footage from 1946, then broader 1940s ship, ocean, harbor, or travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo, Egypt reel frame showing a large ship deck at sea, with a funnel, railings, rigging, and small crew figures visible. — Ship superstructure and funnel seen across blue water from a framed viewpoint.

Large ship at sea in the 1946 Cairo, Egypt footage, with a white superstructure, funnel, rigging, and distant people on deck. — A nearby ship passes through the frame, showing its deck, funnel, and railings.

1946 Egypt reel frame with the ship's funnel dominating the view and a small person visible near the upper deck railing. — The funnel moves across the frame while the upper deck and nearby figure remain visible.

Large ship at sea in 1946 Cairo, Egypt footage, seen through a dark frame with funnel, railings, rigging, and deck details. — Dark frame edges surround a view of the ship's funnel, deck railings, and water.

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