Cairo Egypt-1946: Man in Red Fez at the Great Sphinx

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

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Man in Red Fez at the Great Sphinx — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 shows a man in a tan uniform and red fez standing at the base of a massive stone sphinx. The clip opens with a silhouetted view of the ancient monument against a cloudy sky, then cuts to the man posing proudly, pointing toward the sphinx's massive paws. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of tourism at this iconic Egyptian landmark during the mid-20th century.

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: 122714269

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1940s Egypt travel footage, Sphinx tourism views, or brief archive inserts of visitors at an ancient landmark.
Period detail: The red fez, tan belted outfit, wristwatch, and 8mm color home-movie stock support a mid-1940s visitor scene in Cairo as described by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot moment as a man poses and points toward the Sphinx, suggesting personal travel documentation rather than staged production.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Sphinx silhouette, stone base, cloudy sky, man in red fez, tan clothing, pointing arm, wristwatch, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and gate-edge framing that give it a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel-memory beat, or cutaway linking Egyptian antiquities with mid-century tourism.
Historical context: The scene shows a tourist or local visitor posing at the Sphinx, offering social context around landmark visitation without identifying the man.
Research note: A visible adult face and identifiable landmark require likeness and location review; copyright, personality, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Cairo home movie, 8mm Sphinx footage, Egypt travel film, man in fez at Sphinx, and vintage tourist landmark clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1946 Cairo or Sphinx material, then broader Egypt travel and mid-century monument tourism footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing the Sphinx in dark silhouette against sky, with visible 8mm frame edges. — The Sphinx appears as a dark profile against a cloudy sky.

1946 Cairo frame of an adult man in a red fez and tan belted clothing posing at the Sphinx base and pointing to the side. — A man in a fez poses beside the stone base of the Sphinx.

Adult man in a red fez and tan clothing stands at the Sphinx base in Cairo, extending one arm across the stonework. — The visitor stands beneath the Sphinx form with his arm outstretched.

1946 Cairo home-movie still of a man in a red fez pointing beside the stone base of the Sphinx, with faded 8mm color. — The man continues posing and pointing near the Sphinx base.

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