Cairo Egypt-1946: Man Guiding Water Buffalo and Camel

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

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Man Guiding Water Buffalo and Camel — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946 captures a man in traditional white robes and a turban guiding a water buffalo pulling a wooden plow through a dusty field. Palm trees and green foliage frame the rural scene under bright sunlight. The clip transitions to the same man leading a heavily loaded camel along a sunlit path, showcasing traditional animal-powered labor in mid-20th century Egypt. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 aesthetic, offering authentic archival footage of daily life and agricultural work.

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: 122715264

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

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 Egypt archive requests needing brief visual evidence of animal-powered rural labor for documentary, museum, education, or historical montage use.
Period detail: The white robe and head covering, wooden plow or carting equipment, pack camel, water buffalo, palms, and sunlit dirt paths may show mid-20th-century daily labor near Cairo.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observational home-movie feel, watching a man handle working animals from a nearby roadside or field edge rather than staging a formal demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a robed man, turban or head wrap, water buffalo, wooden plow frame, pack camel, woven load, palms, dirt ground, and bright vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, high sun exposure, slight color fading, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for traditional labor, travel memory, rural Egypt, animal transport, or pre-mechanized work sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually situates people, animals, and tools within everyday agricultural or transport work without proving the broader economic or social conditions behind the scene.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, source ownership, and any location or property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Cairo 8mm home movie, Egypt camel labor footage, water buffalo plowing, traditional agricultural work, and mid-century rural transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Cairo or Egypt 1946 material, then broader clips of animal-powered labor and rural daily life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Cairo footage, a robed man appears to guide a water buffalo with wooden agricultural equipment in bright sun. — A robed man works beside a water buffalo and wooden plow frame near palms.

The 1946 Cairo scene continues with the water buffalo and wooden frame in a sunlit rural setting with palms. — Water buffalo and wooden field equipment remain in view as the man stands nearby.

In the Cairo home-movie footage, a man in white robes walks with a pack camel carrying a bulky load. — A robed man leads or walks beside a camel loaded with bundled material.

The 1946 Cairo clip shows the man and loaded camel passing through a bright roadside or path setting. — The camel carries a large load as the robed man walks beside it along the path.

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