Cairo Egypt-1946: Man Using Sextant on Sailing Vessel

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

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Man Using Sextant on Sailing Vessel — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored short-sleeve shirt uses a sextant to take a celestial reading aboard a sailing vessel in Cairo, Egypt, 1946. The vintage 8mm footage shows him focused at the instrument, with the ship's white wheel, rigging, and mast visible against a bright blue sky. The clip captures the authentic look of mid-century home movie film, with natural color shifts, film grain, and slight motion blur, evoking a sense of historical maritime navigation and personal adventure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122712909

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s archival requests needing a maritime navigation insert, home-movie travel detail, or documentary cutaway of a man taking a sextant reading aboard a sailing vessel.
Period detail: The short-sleeve shirt, manual sextant, white ship wheel, mast, and rigging support a mid-century sailing context consistent with the 1946 Cairo metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a traveler filming a focused navigation moment rather than a posed demonstration or formal maritime record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man using a sextant, a white ship wheel, mast, rigging lines, railing, bright sky, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows dense 8mm grain, mild color shift, soft focus, handheld framing, and slight motion blur that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel-memory beat, maritime navigation cutaway, or transition between sailing and Egyptian travel material.
Historical context: The scene visually connects personal travel filmmaking with manual navigation aboard a vessel, without confirming the boat type, route, or purpose beyond the metadata.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Egypt 8mm sailing footage, man using sextant, vintage boat navigation, Cairo travel home movie, and mid-century maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt 1946 footage, then broader sailing, navigation, boat, and travel home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Cairo home-movie footage, a man uses a sextant aboard a vessel with a white wheel, mast, and rigging visible. — A man takes a sextant reading near the ship wheel.

The man remains focused on the sextant aboard the vessel, with rigging, mast, and white wheel details visible in the frame. — The sextant is raised as the man sights along it.

The final frame keeps the man, sextant, white ship wheel, mast, and rigging in view, with soft 8mm focus and blue sky behind. — A final view of the sextant reading on deck.

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