Cairo Egypt-1946: Town Street Stores People Walk Suits

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

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Town Street Stores People Walk Suits — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a bustling street scene with pedestrians in period attire walking past colonial-style buildings. A man in a dark suit and white trousers crosses the street, while others in formal wear and traditional garments move along the sidewalk. Storefronts display signs for businesses like "Money Changer" and "General Marine Works," with Arabic script visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century urban life in Cairo.

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: 122714087

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: Yes
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 requests needing 1940s Cairo street life as a documentary insert, urban establishing detail, or period commerce cutaway.
Period detail: The storefront signs, formal suits, light trousers, balcony facade, and street-level shops may show mid-20th-century Cairo commercial architecture and dress.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes pedestrians crossing and passing storefronts from a distance, giving an unstaged home-movie view of everyday movement in the street.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pedestrians, suited men, storefront signs, Arabic script, a money changer sign, balconies, a streetlamp, and a sunlit roadway.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, warm color bias, exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or street-life cutaway between broader Cairo, travel, commerce, or postwar-era sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually places formal and traditional dress alongside commercial storefronts, suggesting everyday urban public life without proving a specific event.
Research note: People and storefront branding are visible, so users should review likeness, trademark, and location context separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Research matches include 1940s Cairo street scene, Egypt home movie storefronts, 8mm pedestrians in suits, and mid-century urban commerce footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt material from 1946, then broader 1940s street commerce scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo street view with a man crossing in front of storefront signs and a multi-story facade. — A suited pedestrian crosses the street in front of Cairo storefronts.

1946 Cairo storefronts with pedestrians walking past signs for a money changer and marine works business. — Pedestrians move along a commercial street with English and Arabic signage.

1946 Cairo street scene with a light-clothed pedestrian near shop entrances and commercial signs. — A pedestrian passes shopfronts beneath a multi-story building facade.

Soft, faded 1946 Cairo street view showing pedestrians, trees, and building fronts from a home-movie perspective. — A faded final view shows pedestrians along a tree-lined street edge.

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