Cairo Egypt-1946: Lighthouse On Shore To Warn Sailors Of Dangers

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

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Lighthouse On Shore To Warn Sailors Of Dangers — Clip Details

Vintage 1946 8mm home movie footage from Cairo, Egypt, showing a distant lighthouse on the shoreline with boats in the harbor. The image has a soft, blue-tinted color palette and visible film grain, scratches, and edge wear typical of archival Super 8 footage. The lighthouse stands tall against a cloudy sky, with industrial buildings and vessels dotting the waterfront. The shot is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was captured through a window or viewfinder. This authentic, unedited clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Egyptian coastal life.

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: 122713053

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s archival requests needing a distant Egyptian waterfront, lighthouse, harbor, or coastal navigation cutaway for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The 1946 metadata and soft color 8mm look support a mid-century setting, while the frames show a distant striped lighthouse, low shoreline structures, boats, and open water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on a distant shoreline landmark from across the water rather than staging action or close detail.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, a cloudy sky, a striped lighthouse, low industrial-looking waterfront buildings, small boats, dark frame borders, and film scratches.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, blue-tinted color, visible grain, scratches, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame borders that read as original 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, maritime transition, harbor cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1940s Egypt or coastal travel sequence.
Historical context: The view may show a working waterfront or harbor approach, with the lighthouse and small vessels suggesting navigation and shoreline activity without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Egypt 8mm harbor footage, distant lighthouse on shoreline, vintage coastal travel film, boats on water, and mid-century waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Cairo or Egypt waterfront material, then broader lighthouse, harbor, maritime, or travel-home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Egypt 8mm frame showing a distant striped lighthouse on a shoreline with small boats on blue harbor water. — A distant lighthouse and low waterfront structures sit across the harbor, with small boats visible in the foreground water.

1946 Egypt home-movie frame with a distant lighthouse and harbor shoreline viewed across blue water through dark film borders. — The lighthouse remains centered in the distance, with boats and low waterfront structures spread along the shoreline.

Blue-tinted 1946 Egypt 8mm frame showing a far shoreline lighthouse, scattered boats, and low waterfront structures. — A blue-tinted harbor view shows the lighthouse beyond the water, with small boats and shoreline buildings softened by focus.

Final 1946 Egypt 8mm frame holding on a distant shoreline lighthouse, boats, blue water, and cloudy sky. — The shot continues across the harbor, keeping the lighthouse and low shoreline structures in the far distance.

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