Cairo Egypt-1946: Man Guiding Donkey to Turn Water Pump

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

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Man Guiding Donkey to Turn Water Pump — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 shows a man in traditional white clothing guiding a donkey as it turns a wooden water pump. The scene unfolds outdoors on a sunny day, with lush green trees and a stone platform visible. The donkey, harnessed to the pump mechanism, walks in a circle to draw water, while the man stands nearby, overseeing the work. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural light, capturing a moment of rural labor and daily life in 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: 122715096

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Egypt archival requests needing rural labor, animal-powered irrigation, or daily work cutaways for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-20th-century agricultural equipment, with a wooden pump arm, stone platform, donkey harness, and a man in white clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The short view has a visitor-shot home-movie feel, observing the donkey and guide at work without staged posing or formal camera placement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a donkey, a man in white clothing, a long wooden pump arm, a stone platform, trees, sunlit ground, and dark film borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, color fading, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, daily-life cutaway, agricultural labor transition, or visual memory beat within a 1940s Egypt sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents animal-powered water work near Cairo, showing human guidance, harnessed labor, and an outdoor setting with trees and stonework.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location context, and any property or cultural-use questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Cairo 8mm home movie, donkey water pump, animal-powered irrigation, Egypt rural labor, and vintage agricultural footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt 1946 clips, then related animal labor, water, farming, and daily-work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo 8mm frame showing a donkey at a wooden water pump while a man in white clothing stands nearby. — A donkey stands at an animal-powered water pump as a man guides the work outdoors.

1946 Cairo home-movie frame of a harnessed donkey turning a wooden water-pump mechanism as a man oversees it. — The donkey moves around the pump mechanism while the man remains close to the stone platform.

1946 Cairo 8mm frame with the man near the wooden pump structure and the donkey partly visible during its circular path. — The guide stands near the pump while the donkey passes along the turning path.

1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing the donkey continuing around the water pump with the man positioned beside the apparatus. — The donkey continues circling the water pump as the guide stands by the wooden mechanism.

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