Cairo Egypt-1946: People Walk Past Iconic Mosque With Blue Sky

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

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People Walk Past Iconic Mosque With Blue Sky — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a grand Islamic architectural landmark with prominent domes and intricate detailing. The scene unfolds on a sunlit street with pedestrians in period attire walking past the historic building under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, offering an authentic glimpse into mid-20th century urban life. The camera remains mostly static, framed by a dark border suggesting a home movie origin. This archival clip provides rich visual texture for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, and cultural storytelling.

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: 122713170

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Helps answer requests for 1940s Cairo street views, Islamic architecture, and short documentary cutaways from real 8mm travel or home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible clothing, street scale, and vintage color 8mm look may show mid-1940s urban Cairo around a large domed mosque or Islamic landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the landmark while pedestrians pass through the foreground street.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a domed mosque facade, tall minaret-like towers, arched entrances, pedestrians, a small tree, shaded street edges, blue sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: Soft focus, blue color shift, grain, flicker, and uneven exposure give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, location cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a Cairo history sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday pedestrian movement near a major Islamic architectural site, offering visual context for urban life and landmark tourism in Cairo.
Research note: People are visible but not individually identifiable in these frames; copyright, location, likeness, and property questions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Cairo 8mm street footage, Egypt mosque exterior, Islamic architecture home movie, and vintage pedestrians near landmark.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt 1946 material, then broader themes of Islamic architecture and street life.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo 8mm frame showing a large domed Islamic landmark across a sunlit street as pedestrians pass in front. — Pedestrians pass before a grand domed mosque facade in Cairo.

1946 Cairo street view of a grand mosque exterior with domes and arched ornamentation, framed from a visitor viewpoint. — A visitor-shot view holds on the mosque as people move along the street.

Soft blue-shifted 8mm frame from Cairo in 1946, showing pedestrians near a large domed mosque facade. — Pedestrians cross the foreground below the mosque's arched entrance.

1946 Cairo 8mm frame emphasizing the domes and upper facade of a large Islamic landmark against blue sky. — The frame tilts or reframes toward the mosque domes and upper facade.

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