Cairo Egypt-1946: Man Filming On A Sailboat In Sunny Weather

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

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Man Filming On A Sailboat In Sunny Weather — 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

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

man
filming
day
sunny
boat
making
people
egypt
1946
1946 Egypt footage
vintage 8mm film
sailing boat
man filming
Super 8 home movie
Cairo Egypt
1940s maritime
classic film
archival footage
sailing trip
retro camera
old film
nautical scene
vintage camera operator
1940s home movie
sailing documentary
historical footage
8mm film
boat footage
1946 vintage clip

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.

Visually Similar Clips