Cairo Egypt-1946: Sailor-Man Using Sextant To Measure Angles On Ship Deck

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

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Sailor-Man Using Sextant To Measure Angles On Ship Deck — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cairo, Egypt, 1946 shows a sailor-man at the helm of a ship, using a sextant to measure angles. The man, wearing a light-colored short-sleeved shirt, stands on deck with the mast and rigging visible behind him. He holds the sextant to his eye, concentrating on navigation. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a moment of maritime navigation during the mid-20th century. The scene evokes a sense of adventure and historical authenticity.

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: 122712949

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$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.

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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: 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.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s maritime navigation, travel, and training sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage of a man using a sextant on a ship deck.
Period detail: The light short-sleeved shirt, metal ship fittings, wheel, mast, rigging, and handheld color 8mm look support a mid-1940s nautical travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged deck-side moment as the man handles and sights through a sextant while another home-movie camera observes from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man, sextant, ship wheel, mast, rigging lines, deck fittings, bright sky, and glimpses of water behind him.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, blue-green color fade, visible grain, dust marks, gate edges, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a navigation insert, travel cutaway, shipboard transition, or reflective memory beat within a broader Egypt or maritime sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places a leisure or travel observer on a vessel, showing practical navigation gestures without proving the man's role, rank, or exact voyage.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, and copyright status should be checked separately from any model or property considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm sailor using sextant, vintage ship deck navigation, Egypt travel home movie, and man at ship wheel with rigging.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Cairo or Egypt 1946 travel material, then broader shipboard navigation or ocean voyage scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo travel footage frame showing a man on a ship deck preparing a sextant beside a wheel and rigging. — A man stands at the ship's wheel while holding a sextant on deck.

Man in 1946 Cairo shipboard footage sights through a sextant, with rigging and deck fixtures visible. — The man sights through the sextant while standing near the ship's wheel.

Close shipboard view from the 1946 Cairo footage with a man measuring through a sextant on deck. — The sextant is held to the man's eye as he takes a deck-side reading.

End frame from 1946 Cairo shipboard footage showing the man adjusting the sextant after sighting. — The man lowers the sextant near the wheel after using it on deck.

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