Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Historic Suez Canal Navigation Sign

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationSuez Canal, Egypt
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Egypt

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Historic Suez Canal Navigation Sign — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film title card from 1946 displays a historical sign for The Suez Canal, showing text that reads 'Africa - North Coast, Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea, The Suez Canal.' The image has a blue-tinted, aged appearance with visible film grain and slight distortion, characteristic of mid-20th century home movie footage. The sign includes navigational details and coordinates, with a partial map outline visible on the left. This archival clip captures the era's documentary style and serves as a historical record of the canal's significance.

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: 124756246

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1726 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: reel 2
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: india,suez canal,calcutta
Date: 1946 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Suez Canal, Egypt Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 documentary edits needing an 8mm title-card reference to the Suez Canal and its Mediterranean-to-Red Sea route.
Period detail: The frame shows a photographed or filmed sign headed "The Suez Canal," with navigational wording and a partial map outline that fit the supplied 1946 Egypt metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot documentation feel, recording an informational canal sign rather than a staged scene or public event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the large Suez Canal heading, smaller route text, a pale map outline, blue-tinted exposure, frame edges, dust, scratches and soft focus.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries blue cast, visible grain, gate weave, rounded frame corners and slight softness typical of aged home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing insert, chapter marker, geographic transition or brief visual citation for Suez Canal travel context.
Historical context: The sign presents the canal as a route between the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea, offering period travel-geography context without showing people or traffic.
Research note: No people, faces, logos or private interiors are visible, but copyright in the filmed sign or underlying artwork should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm Suez Canal sign, Egypt home movie title card, Mediterranean to Red Sea route, and vintage canal geography footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt footage, then broader travel-sign and maritime-route material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm frame from Egypt showing a soft, blue-tinted sign headed The Suez Canal with route text and a partial map outline. — The Suez Canal sign fills the frame, with smaller route details beneath the title.

1946 8mm frame showing the Suez Canal sign, with Mediterranean-to-Red-Sea wording, soft focus and visible film wear. — A closer centered view of the canal sign shows the title and route description.

1946 Egypt 8mm frame of The Suez Canal sign, showing soft typography, a left-side map outline and blue-toned film texture. — The sign remains static, with the partial map outline visible along the left side.

Final 1946 8mm frame showing the Suez Canal sign in Egypt, with route wording, pale map detail and aged blue film texture. — The clip ends on the same Suez Canal sign, with grain and scratches visible across the frame.

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