Cairo Egypt-1946: Man Filming with Camera on Sailboat

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

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Man Filming with Camera on Sailboat — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored short-sleeve shirt uses a vintage camera to film aboard a sailboat in Cairo, Egypt, during a sunny day in 1946. The 8mm home movie footage captures him focused on his camera, with the boat's mast, rigging, and a white steering wheel visible in the frame. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—slight grain, faded blue and green color tones, and natural motion—evoking a nostalgic, authentic mid-century maritime moment. The man appears to be documenting his journey, with the open sky and sea suggesting a leisurely voyage.

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: 122712938

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 archive requests needing home-movie footage of leisure boating, amateur filming, or a traveler documenting a trip in Cairo, Egypt.
Period detail: The light short-sleeve shirt, handheld cine camera, 8mm source, sailboat fittings, and faded color palette support a mid-1940s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears absorbed in operating his camera, giving the clip an unstaged record of one traveler filming another during a sunny sailboat outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, a small cine camera, a white steering wheel, mast, rigging lines, deck hardware, bright sky, and sailboat structure.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, faded blue-green color, high daylight contrast, and the slight instability typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for mid-century travel, amateur filmmaking, boating, or personal documentation sequences.
Historical context: The clip shows leisure activity aboard a sailboat and the presence of personal camera use, offering social context for private travel filming in the 1940s.
Research note: An adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, privacy, and location claims should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm home movie, man filming on sailboat, Cairo Egypt travel footage, vintage cine camera, and amateur boating scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cairo 1946 material, and then broader 1940s travel, boating, and amateur-filmmaking footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Cairo, Egypt in 1946, a man aboard a sailboat raises a small cine camera near a white wheel, mast, and rigging. — A man lifts a cine camera while standing at the sailboat wheel.

A 1946 Cairo sailboat view shows a man checking a small cine camera with the mast, rigging, and white wheel behind him. — The man studies the camera while standing beside the sailboat wheel.

A man on a Cairo sailboat in 1946 lowers his cine camera, framed by a mast, rigging, deck hardware, and bright sky. — The camera is lowered as the man remains near the sailboat controls.

In this 1946 Cairo home-movie frame, a man holds a cine camera at chest height beside the sailboat wheel, mast, and rigging. — The man holds the cine camera near his chest at the boat wheel.

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