Cairo Egypt-1946: Old Film Of European City With People Walking In The Streets

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

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Old Film Of European City With People Walking In The Streets — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a sunlit urban street scene with weathered European-style buildings featuring arched doorways and shuttered windows. The footage shows pedestrians in period attire walking along the narrow street, with a distinct blue-tinted color grade and visible film grain characteristic of mid-20th century home movies. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into daily life in a historic Egyptian city during the post-war era.

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: 122713874

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: 1940s Cairo street footage for documentary or museum edits needing brief urban atmosphere from postwar-era home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames show pale masonry facades, arched doorways, shuttered windows, balconies, and pedestrians in light period clothing, consistent with the supplied 1946 Cairo metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a visitor-shot street view, with passersby crossing through a quiet sunlit intersection without apparent staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include European-style street facades, arched entrances, shuttered windows, balconies, a narrow road, pedestrians, deep shadows, and blue-tinted film color.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, blue cast, visible grain, gate edges, exposure flicker, and contact-sheet framing that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short Cairo establishing insert, transition, cutaway, or memory beat between broader Egypt or postwar urban sequences.
Historical context: The clip offers a street-level view of everyday movement through a built urban quarter, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific landmark or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1940s Cairo street scene, 8mm Egypt home movie, pedestrians in old city streets, and vintage urban architecture footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt clips from 1946, then broader 1940s urban street and pedestrian material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo street view showing pale European-style buildings with arched entrances and shuttered windows in soft 8mm color. — A quiet sunlit street frontage with arched doorways and pale masonry buildings.

1946 Cairo street corner with tall building facades, balconies, deep shade, and distant pedestrians crossing the frame. — Pedestrians move through a shaded street corner lined with tall masonry facades.

1946 Cairo street scene with pedestrians near a curb, shaded facades, balconies, and a bright open roadway. — Figures walk near the curb beneath shaded balconies and pale streetfront buildings.

1946 Cairo street corner with a person in light clothing, shadowed building fronts, balconies, and soft blue 8mm color. — A person in light clothing stands near the corner as the street recedes into shadow.

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