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Cairo Egypt-1946: Men Walking and Donkey Crossing Road Near Waterfront

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

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Men Walking and Donkey Crossing Road Near Waterfront — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946, captured from a moving vehicle. The clip shows a hazy city skyline across a body of water, with a sandy embankment in the foreground. A man rides a donkey along the road, followed by three men walking toward the camera, one wearing a traditional red fez. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, archival atmosphere of mid-20th century Egypt.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
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
122713983

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
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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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Topics & Keywords

  • people
  • animals
  • outdoors
  • weather
  • structure
  • crossing
  • road
  • front
  • horse
  • sunny
  • day
  • egypt
  • 1946
  • 1946 Cairo Egypt
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 footage
  • archival home movie
  • Egyptian street scene
  • men walking
  • donkey ride
  • traditional fez
  • city skyline
  • waterfront
  • historical footage
  • mid-century Egypt
  • classic film
  • grainy footage
  • nostalgic
  • old film
  • travel footage
  • old footage
  • vintage film
  • 1940s
  • Cairo
  • street life
  • sunny day

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Cairo documentary sequences needing brief street-and-waterfront atmosphere from amateur 8mm travel footage.
Period detail
The red fez, donkey traffic, open road, and distant low city skyline support a mid-20th-century Cairo street setting without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior
The camera appears to record casually from a moving vehicle as pedestrians and a donkey rider pass through the frame without staging.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a hazy waterfront skyline, sandy embankment, roadside curb, donkey and rider, three walking men, a red fez, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character
Soft focus, faded color, gate marks, mild blur, and uneven exposure give the scan a tactile 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role
This clip can work as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for Cairo street life, waterfront movement, or travel footage in the 1940s.
Historical context
The scene shows everyday movement near water in Cairo, with pedestrians and animal transport sharing a sunlit road.
Research note
People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1946 Cairo 8mm footage, Egypt waterfront road, donkey traffic, men walking in fez, and vintage home movie street scenes.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt 1946 footage, then broader 1940s street, waterfront, and animal transport scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo footage looking across water toward a hazy skyline, with a sandy roadside foreground and visible film gate edges.
Distant skyline across the waterfront, seen through a soft 8mm frame.
1946 Cairo waterfront view with a low skyline across the water and sandy roadside foreground, framed by dark 8mm borders.
The camera holds on a hazy waterfront skyline as the vehicle moves past.
1946 Cairo roadside scene with a donkey and rider moving along the waterfront road, partly blurred by motion and faded film exposure.
A donkey and rider cross the road in a soft, motion-blurred frame.
1946 Cairo street view showing three men walking toward the camera near the waterfront, including one man in a red fez.
Men walk toward the camera on a road beside the waterfront.

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