Cairo Egypt-1946: A Flag Hoisting Ceremony On A Sailboat On A Windy Day

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

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A Flag Hoisting Ceremony On A Sailboat On A Windy Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a green flag with a white crescent and star hoisting on a sailboat against a deep blue sky. The flag flutters vigorously in the wind, attached to a mast with visible rigging and ropes. The scene is shot from below, emphasizing the sailboat's structure and the ceremonial display of the Egyptian flag. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The clip offers authentic historical footage of mid-century maritime life and national symbolism.

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: 122713033

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: Useful for 1940s editorial projects needing Cairo-area home-movie footage of maritime flag display, national symbolism, or period travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The green flag with white crescent and star, mast, rigging, and 8mm color handling support a mid-1940s sailboat setting, with Cairo and 1946 taken from supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The low, handheld viewpoint feels like a passenger or observer watching a flag-raising moment on deck rather than a staged official film.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a green crescent-and-star flag, pale mast, rigging lines, rope hardware, deep blue sky, film gate edges, and brief sailboat structure.
Film character: The scan shows saturated blue color, soft focus, handheld motion, grain, edge vignetting, and slight blur consistent with small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, symbolic transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway for wind, boating, Cairo travel, or Egyptian identity.
Historical context: The clip visually places national flag imagery within a leisure or maritime setting, without enough visual evidence to identify the boat, group, or ceremony.
Research note: Review copyright separately from likeness or context rights, since people are flagged elsewhere in the clip and the national flag imagery may need editorial sensitivity.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Cairo 8mm footage, Egyptian flag on sailboat, windy flag hoisting, vintage home movie Egypt, and mid-century maritime travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt 1946 footage, then related sailboat, flag ceremony, travel, and national-symbol cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing a green crescent-and-star flag near a sailboat mast and rigging under blue sky. — Green flag raised beside sailboat rigging in a low-angle view.

1946 Cairo frame of a green crescent-and-star flag fluttering high on sailboat rigging against a deep blue sky. — Flag flutters from the rigging with the mast partly visible.

1946 Cairo home-movie frame with a windblown green flag, pale mast, and diagonal sailboat rigging against blue sky. — Wind stretches the flag across the frame beside the mast.

1946 Cairo frame showing the green crescent-and-star flag twisting above sailboat rigging, with mast top visible below. — The flag twists in the wind above the sailboat rigging.

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