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Cairo Egypt-1946: Abandoned Windmill And Man Riding Donkey Past White

  • Year1946
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationCairo, Egypt
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1946 Egypt
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Abandoned Windmill And Man Riding Donkey Past White — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946, showing a man in a white hat riding a donkey past a weathered, abandoned windmill. The scene unfolds in a sun-drenched, arid landscape with sandy ground and sparse vegetation under a clear blue sky. The rider wears simple clothing and carries a basket, moving along a dusty path near a wooden structure. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural motion, capturing a quiet moment of daily life in mid-century Egypt. This authentic archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, and retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122714766

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

  • outdoors
  • hat
  • animal
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  • windmill
  • man
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  • white
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  • egypt
  • 1946
  • 1946 Cairo Egypt footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • abandoned windmill
  • man riding donkey
  • Super 8 home movie
  • mid-century Egypt
  • arid landscape
  • sun-drenched scene
  • classic film footage
  • archival 1940s
  • retro travel footage
  • Egyptian countryside
  • old film grain
  • historical documentary
  • nostalgic travel
  • vintage home movie
  • 8mm film
  • outdoor scene
  • traditional transportation
  • old world charm

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Egypt archival requests needing brief home-movie views of rural-edge travel, animal transport, and a weathered windmill for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail
The donkey rider, simple roadside structures, arid ground, and traditional windmill may show mid-20th-century surroundings near Cairo as recorded by a visitor with an 8mm camera.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has unstaged value in the rider passing through the frame while the camera lingers on the windmill from a casual travel-film perspective.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a man on a donkey, a white hat, baskets or bags, sandy roadside ground, a dark wooden structure, sparse vegetation, and a stone windmill.
Film character
The 8mm footage carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and handheld framing that mark it as original home-movie material.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat between wider Cairo travel scenes and everyday movement through an arid landscape.
Historical context
The scene visually contrasts animal transport with a weathered windmill and sparse roadside development, offering social texture without confirming a specific landmark.
Research note
A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance remains separate from subject identification.
Research search match
Researcher searches might include 1940s Cairo 8mm home movie, Egypt donkey rider, abandoned windmill footage, and vintage North Africa travel film.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1946 Cairo material, and then with broader Egypt travel, windmill, animal transport, or arid landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing a man in a white hat riding a donkey with baskets near a roadside wooden structure.
A donkey rider passes a roadside structure in an arid Cairo-area scene.
1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing a weathered windmill tower in an arid setting under a clear blue sky.
A weathered windmill rises above sparse vegetation and sandy ground.
1946 Cairo home-movie frame centered on a weathered windmill, with arid ground and low vegetation at its base.
The camera holds on the windmill tower and its exposed sails.
1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing the windmill from a steady visitor viewpoint, with vegetation and sandy ground below.
A final view keeps the weathered windmill centered in the frame.

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