Cairo Egypt-1946: A Beautiful Lush Green Horse Track With Horses Racing Around

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

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A Beautiful Lush Green Horse Track With Horses Racing Around — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cairo, Egypt, in 1946, showing a horse racing event on a lush green track. Jockeys in period attire ride horses around a curved section of the course, with spectators visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural sunlight casting long shadows. The scene captures a moment of mid-century equestrian sport with authentic archival quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse into historical leisure activities in Egypt.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122715611

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

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: Supports requests for 1940s Cairo leisure, equestrian sport, or colonial-era social recreation as brief documentary insert footage.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1940s racecourse dress and riding gear, with jockeys on a manicured turf track and spectators gathered along the rail.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the spectator-shot viewpoint, catching horses rounding the bend from a distance rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include jockeys on horses, a curved turf track, white railings, spectators, clipped greenery, sunlit grass, and long shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for leisure, sport, travel, or everyday social life in Cairo.
Historical context: The clip visually places horse racing within a public recreational setting, showing spectators and riders sharing a landscaped outdoor venue.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and venue context should be reviewed separately before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s Cairo horse racing, Egypt racecourse home movie, 8mm jockeys on turf track, and vintage equestrian sport footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Cairo or Egypt clips from 1946, then broader 1940s sport, recreation, and travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Cairo home-movie frame showing horse riders rounding a green racecourse bend, with spectators in the background. — Horses and jockeys approach a curve on a sunlit turf track.

1946 Cairo racecourse footage showing a group of horses and jockeys moving around a manicured green bend. — A small field of riders continues around the racecourse curve.

Soft 8mm frame from 1946 Cairo showing jockeys and horses passing a rail-lined curve on a green track. — Riders pass through the curve in a soft, grainy home-movie frame.

1946 Cairo racecourse frame showing riders near the rail, long shadows, and a wide expanse of green turf. — Riders travel beside the rail across the open green racecourse.

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