Cairo Egypt-1946: Two Men in Fez Hats on Seaside Promenade

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

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Two Men in Fez Hats on Seaside Promenade — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cairo, Egypt in 1946 shows two men in traditional attire standing on a seaside promenade. One man wears a red fez and light-colored clothing, while the other wears a dark suit and a black fez. They stand near a stone wall overlooking the water, with a distant city skyline visible across the bay. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a candid moment of daily life in mid-century Egypt. The scene conveys a quiet, observational mood typical of personal home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 122713952

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

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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 brief home-movie views of men on a waterfront promenade for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The fez hats, formal suit, light clothing, stone seawall, and distant waterfront skyline may show mid-1940s urban leisure or travel observation in Egypt.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause of two men standing by the seawall while the handheld camera observes from a modest distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, fez hats, a stone promenade wall, open water, a distant pale skyline, pavement, and a passing blurred object.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, frame-edge darkness, and handheld registration that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, waterfront transition, social-history cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1940s Egypt sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests everyday public space and dress on an Egyptian waterfront, without identifying the men or the exact shoreline.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and cultural-context review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from subject clearance.
Research search match: Search matches include 1940s Egypt home movie, Cairo waterfront promenade, men wearing fez hats, 8mm travel footage, and Egyptian seaside skyline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Cairo or Egypt footage from 1946, then with broader 1940s waterfront and street-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Egypt home-movie frame showing two men in fez hats on a waterfront promenade with water and a distant skyline behind them. — Two men pause beside a seaside wall, with the skyline across the water.

A blurred object crosses the 1946 Egypt waterfront view, partially obscuring the stone wall, water, and distant buildings. — A passing object briefly obscures the waterfront view.

1946 Egypt home-movie frame with a suited man in a fez at the left edge, a stone seawall, open water, and distant buildings. — A suited man stands near the seawall as the skyline remains in view.

The 1946 Egypt waterfront view continues without people in frame, showing the seawall, water, and distant skyline. — The camera holds on the waterfront and distant skyline after the men leave frame.

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