Cairo Egypt-1946: Waterfront Village with Damaged Buildings and Swaying Palm Trees

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

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Waterfront Village with Damaged Buildings and Swaying... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a sunlit waterfront village with damaged, weathered buildings and palm trees swaying in the wind. The scene shows a dusty, arid landscape with simple structures and scattered debris, suggesting a storm aftermath. A few people walk through the disarrayed settlement near a calm waterway, framed by tree branches at the top of the shot. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded color saturation, and natural lighting, conveying a nostalgic, historical atmosphere of mid-20th century Egypt.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122714331

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 (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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial requests needing Cairo-area waterfront settlement views, storm-damaged structures, palm movement, and brief human activity in archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The low buildings, dusty shoreline, simple waterfront setting, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1940s urban-edge or village life near Cairo, as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a shaded position across water, holding on everyday people moving through a damaged waterfront area without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm waterway, damaged plaster buildings, dusty open ground, scattered people, tree branches, palms, and debris near the shore.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, faded color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, damage cutaway, geographic transition, or memory beat within a sequence on mid-century Egypt or waterfront settlements.
Historical context: The footage visually documents weathered waterfront housing and public outdoor movement, but the cause of the damage should be described cautiously unless corroborated by external research.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and any property-identification questions should be reviewed separately for the intended use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Cairo 8mm waterfront village footage, damaged buildings by water, windy palm trees, and vintage Egypt home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Cairo footage, then broader Egypt waterfront, storm aftermath, or damaged settlement material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing damaged waterfront buildings, dusty ground, distant people, and a shaded tree canopy across calm water. — Damaged waterfront buildings and distant figures seen from across a waterway.

1946 Cairo footage frame with weathered low buildings, scattered people, and a calm water edge beneath dark tree framing. — Weathered structures and small figures along a quiet waterfront.

1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing damaged plaster buildings, a waterfront bank, tree shadows, and distant people crossing the open area. — People move through a damaged settlement beside the water.

1946 Cairo frame showing wind-blown palm trees beneath a blue sky, partly framed by dark overhanging branches. — Wind moves tall palms below a dark tree canopy.

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