Cairo Egypt-1946: American Flag Waves On Ship Deck At Sea

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

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American Flag Waves On Ship Deck At Sea — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cairo, Egypt, 1946, showing a view from a ship at sea. An American flag waves on the deck against a backdrop of blue ocean and sky, with ship rigging and masts visible in the foreground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century maritime travel. The final frame reveals a distant shoreline with a lighthouse and harbor structures, suggesting arrival or departure. This authentic home movie captures the era's travel experience with authentic film texture and historical atmosphere.

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: 122713048

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s travel, maritime passage, or postwar home-movie sequences needing a brief shipboard view at sea with an American flag.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-1940s shipboard travel, with the American flag, rigging, open sea, and distant harbor view as visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a passenger-like viewpoint from the ship, valuing the movement of the flag, wake, and distant shore over staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an American flag, ship masts and rigging, blue sea, bright wake, deck silhouettes, sky, and a distant shoreline with harbor structures.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, exposure variation, and gate edges that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel transition, arrival or departure beat, or memory insert for mid-century sea passage.
Historical context: The views suggest international travel by ship, with the flag and harbor approach providing visual context without identifying a specific vessel or port.
Research note: The American flag is visible and should be reviewed as a symbol or emblem, while no people, faces, private interiors, or clear property releases are evident.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm ship at sea, American flag on deck, ocean travel home movie, maritime arrival, and distant harbor shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt 1946 travel footage, then broader 1940s shipboard and harbor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 home-movie frame showing an American flag on a ship deck at sea, with rigging, mast lines, wake, and blue horizon visible. — American flag waves from a ship deck as the vessel moves across open water.

Shipboard 8mm view from 1946 with an American flag, rigging, dark deck shapes, and bright ocean wake under a pale sky. — The flag remains in view beside rigging and masts, with the sea stretching to the horizon.

1946 8mm frame from a ship at sea, showing an American flag near rigging and mast lines with blue water and wake behind it. — A passenger-view angle frames the flag, ship hardware, and sunlit water behind the vessel.

Distant harbor shoreline appears across the water in this 1946 Egypt travel frame, with a tower or lighthouse and low structures visible. — A distant shore comes into view, including a tower-like structure and low harbor buildings across the water.

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