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Cairo Egypt-1946: Man in Red Fez Showing the Great Sphinx of Giza

  • Year1946
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationCairo, Egypt
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1946 Egypt
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Man in Red Fez Showing the Great Sphinx of Giza — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946, showing a man in traditional attire, including a red fez, posing beside the Great Sphinx of Giza. The man gestures toward the massive stone monument, highlighting its scale and ancient craftsmanship. The clip captures the iconic landmark under bright daylight, with close-up details of the Sphinx's weathered face and body. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, conveying authentic mid-century travel nostalgia. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse of a historic site during the post-war era, ideal for documentaries, historical content, and vintage travel narratives.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122714281

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • 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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Cairo, Egypt Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s editorial or documentary requests needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of the Great Sphinx of Giza with a visible tourist or guide for scale.
Period detail
The red fez, collared shirt, and color 8mm travel-film look support a mid-1940s Cairo/Giza reading, while the monument itself remains the clearest location marker.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the way a man gestures toward the Sphinx and the camera lingers on the monument like a travel memory.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a man in a red fez, the Sphinx body and face, pale stone masonry, bright desert light, blue sky, film-frame borders, and handheld framing.
Film character
The scan shows soft 8mm grain, mild color shift, uneven exposure, motion blur, and gate edges that preserve the physical-film texture of the original footage.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, landmark cutaway, or memory beat establishing postwar-era tourism at Giza.
Historical context
The frames show a visitor-scale encounter with the Sphinx, emphasizing how mid-century travel films often mixed personal posing with close landmark views.
Research note
A visible adult face and identifiable landmark call for likeness and location review; copyright status, appearance permissions, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1940s 8mm Cairo travel footage, Great Sphinx of Giza home movie, Egypt landmark visitor footage, and man in red fez at Sphinx.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cairo or Giza footage from 1946, then broader 1940s Egypt travel and ancient-monument sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo/Giza home-movie frame showing a man in a red fez pointing beside the weathered body of the Great Sphinx.
A man in a red fez poses and gestures toward the Sphinx, using his body to show the monument's scale.
1946 Giza frame with a cropped man in a red fez reaching toward the weathered stone surface of the Great Sphinx.
The man is partly cropped as he reaches toward the Sphinx, with the monument filling most of the frame.
1946 Cairo/Giza home-movie frame showing the Great Sphinx head and shoulder in side profile under a vivid blue sky.
The camera cuts closer to the Sphinx's side profile, emphasizing the head, shoulder, and bright sky.
1946 Giza frame showing the Great Sphinx in side profile, with weathered stone texture and deep blue sky in the background.
The Sphinx remains in close profile as the handheld frame holds on its weathered face and shoulders.

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