Cairo Egypt-1946: Historic White Castle Surrounded By Water With Flag Flying

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

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Historic White Castle Surrounded By Water With Flag Flying — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a historic white castle surrounded by water, viewed from a distance across a moat. The castle, with its crenellated walls and prominent flag, stands as a landmark against a clear blue sky. The image, shot through a window frame, shows film grain and slight blurriness typical of home movie footage from the era. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and historical significance, with the castle's white stone contrasting sharply with the deep blue water and sky.

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: 122713373

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 Egypt archive requests needing a brief landmark exterior, travel-memory insert, or Cairo-area establishing cutaway from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The white crenellated structure, distant waterfront view, flag, and soft 8mm color may show a mid-1940s visitor record of a historic Cairo landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, framed through dark window or film-frame edges rather than a staged survey of the landmark.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white castle-like building, crenellated towers, a flag, blue sky, water or moat, distant shoreline, and dark frame dividers.
Film character: The footage shows blue-shifted color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short landmark insert, travel transition, distant establishing shot, or memory beat in a 1940s Egypt sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a tourist or observer view of a fortified-looking waterfront landmark without enough visible evidence to identify its exact history.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark identification, copyright status, and any property-related permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1946 Cairo 8mm landmark footage, Egypt home movie castle by water, white crenellated building with flag, and vintage travel film moat view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt 1946 footage, then broader vintage landmark and waterfront travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo 8mm view of a distant white castle-like landmark across water, seen softly through dark frame borders. — Distant waterfront view of the white crenellated landmark.

Soft 1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing the white landmark from across water with dark vertical borders in view. — The landmark remains distant across the waterline.

1946 Cairo 8mm frame with the white landmark low in the view, water below, and visible film scratches and gate edges. — Film scratches cross the distant landmark view.

Closer 1946 Cairo view of a white crenellated landmark with towers and a flag flying above the roofline. — Closer view of the white landmark and flag.

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