Cairo Egypt-1946: Man Guiding Water Buffalo Turning Irrigation Wheel

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

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Man Guiding Water Buffalo Turning Irrigation Wheel — Clip Details

A man in traditional attire guides a water buffalo pulling a wooden irrigation device in rural Cairo, Egypt, in 1946. The vintage 8mm footage captures the animal straining against a yoke as it turns a large wooden wheel, likely for crop irrigation. Palm trees and green fields frame the scene under bright daylight, with visible film grain and color fading characteristic of mid-20th century home movies. The man holds a stick, directing the animal as it moves in a circular path, showcasing traditional agricultural practices in the Nile Valley.

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: 122715182

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

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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: Supports archival requests for 1940s Egypt agricultural life, rural labor, animal-powered irrigation, and Nile Valley farming inserts for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, wooden beam, animal yoke, palm trees, and hand-cranked-looking irrigation structure may show mid-20th-century rural farming practice near Cairo.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, observing a man guide a water buffalo around an irrigation device without staged performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in light clothing, a dark water buffalo, a wooden yoke and beam, an irrigation wheel structure, palm trunks, fields, and bright sunlit ground.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that read as authentic physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert or cutaway for traditional irrigation, rural labor, animal power, travel memory, or agricultural continuity.
Historical context: The footage visually documents animal-assisted field work and irrigation infrastructure in an Egyptian rural setting, while broader agricultural claims need outside sourcing.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and cultural-context review may be needed; copyright status is separate from any privacy, location, or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Cairo home movie, Egypt water buffalo irrigation, Nile Valley farming footage, animal-powered water wheel, and vintage 8mm agriculture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Cairo or Egypt scenes, then broader irrigation, farming, livestock, and rural labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Cairo-area home-movie footage, a man guides a water buffalo attached to a wooden irrigation beam near fields and palm trees. — A man guides a water buffalo around a wooden irrigation device in bright daylight.

The water buffalo advances around the wooden irrigation device, with the handler partly obscured and palm trees behind the scene. — The animal passes the irrigation structure as the handler remains partly hidden.

A man in light clothing follows the water buffalo as it pulls the wooden beam around the irrigation setup in rural Cairo footage. — The handler follows the buffalo as it continues turning the irrigation apparatus.

The water buffalo passes close to the camera with the handler and wooden irrigation beam visible behind it in the 1946 Egypt scene. — The buffalo moves across the foreground, pulling the beam around the irrigation device.

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