Cairo Egypt-1946: Middle Eastern People Walking Through Old Town With Basket Carriers

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

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Middle Eastern People Walking Through Old Town With... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a narrow, sunlit alleyway lined with weathered buildings. A person in a white turban walks past the camera, while others carry baskets on their heads, including a man balancing a large woven basket. The scene shows daily life in a historic Middle Eastern town, with people moving along the street under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and motion blur, characteristic of amateur home movies from the era. The perspective suggests handheld filming from a moving vehicle, offering a candid glimpse into mid-20th century urban life.

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: 122714260

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

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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 documentary or educational edits needing everyday street life in Cairo filmed from original 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The narrow streets, head-carried baskets, robes, railings, and faded color stock may show mid-1940s urban daily life as seen by a visitor camera.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has candid, unstaged movement as pedestrians pass close to the lens and basket carriers continue along the street without posing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include narrow masonry streets, pedestrians in robes and head coverings, head-carried baskets, trees, railings, and red painted lettering.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture with soft focus, handheld motion, heavy grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and color fading from the scanned film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat to place a sequence in Cairo street life without staged action.
Historical context: The frames document public movement through older urban streets, emphasizing transport by walking and carrying goods rather than formal landmarks.
Research note: People and partial faces are visible, and red painted lettering may require review; copyright, likeness, and location-use questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Cairo 8mm street footage, Egypt home movie pedestrians, Middle Eastern basket carriers, and old town daily life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Cairo 1946 clips, then broader 1940s Egypt or Middle Eastern street-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo street view with a person in white passing near the camera and pedestrians farther down a narrow sunlit lane. — A close passerby crosses the frame on a narrow Cairo street.

1946 Cairo alley scene showing people walking away from the camera between weathered buildings under bright daylight. — Pedestrians move through a narrow street lined with tall building fronts.

1946 Cairo street-side frame with people near a railing, trees above, and red painted lettering visible along the right edge. — Pedestrians pass railings and trees with red lettering at the edge of frame.

1946 Cairo street-side view from a moving camera, showing pedestrians by a railing, trees, and partial red lettering on the right. — People walk past railings and trees as the camera looks outward from a moving position.

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