Cairo Egypt-1946: Ancient Coastal Fortress Overlooking the Sea

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

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Ancient Coastal Fortress Overlooking the Sea — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946, showing an ancient stone fortress or castle structure perched on a coastal cliff overlooking the sea. The grainy, color-bleached film captures the weathered architecture with arched doorways and thick walls, set against a bright blue sky and deep blue ocean. The camera pans across the historic site, revealing its strategic seaside location and rugged terrain. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of Egypt's historic landmarks and coastal heritage during the mid-20th century.

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: 122715550

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s 8mm Egypt travel footage useful for documentary or museum requests needing a brief exterior view of a coastal stone fortress beside the sea.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century tourism-era documentation, with sunlit masonry walls, arched openings, and color 8mm exposure consistent with 1946 home-movie material.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot perspective, panning across the fortress and shoreline as a traveler records the site from nearby vantage points.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include thick stone walls, an arched gateway, cliffside rock, blue sea, open sky, shoreline paths, and a small distant person near the water.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, historical cutaway, or memory beat for Egypt, coastal fortifications, or mid-century tourism.
Historical context: The frames document a seaside fortified structure as seen by a private traveler, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact landmark or original purpose.
Research note: People appear only as distant figures, but likeness, site access, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 Egypt 8mm travel footage, coastal stone fortress home movie, ancient seaside fort walls, and vintage tourism shoreline view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Egypt travel footage, then broader seaside fortress, historic architecture, or vintage tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Egypt 8mm frame showing a weathered stone fort wall, arched entrance, sunlit ground, and blue sea beyond. — Stone fortress wall with arched entrance and sea in the background.

1946 Egypt travel frame showing a thick-walled coastal fortress on pale rock with the sea and sky behind it. — Cliffside stone fort overlooking the blue sea.

1946 Egypt 8mm frame showing a broad stone fort wall on a coastal rise, with rock, vegetation, and deep blue water nearby. — Broad stone wall of the seaside fort above the shore.

1946 Egypt frame showing the coastal fortress, rocky slope, blue sea, and a small distant visitor near the shoreline. — Fortress wall above the coast with a distant figure near the waterline.

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