Suez Canal Egypt-1946: A Background Of Nature In The Sky

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A Background Of Nature In The Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a view from a boat navigating the Suez Canal in Egypt. The perspective, framed by rigging and masts, shows calm waters with distant vessels and a low-lying shoreline. The scene transitions to a coastal settlement with buildings and trees along the canal bank. The film exhibits natural grain, slight fading, and age marks, conveying a nostalgic, historical atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic 1940s travel footage for documentaries, editorial projects, and historical content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124756266

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Suez Canal, Egypt Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 or Suez Canal travel sequences needing a brief boat-view canal cutaway or establishing insert from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The rigging-framed view, low shoreline, small vessels, and faded 8mm color may show mid-1940s canal travel rather than a staged scenic survey.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot boat perspective, with the camera looking past rigging toward water, shoreline, and a canal-side settlement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm canal water, boat rigging, distant vessels, low sandy banks, trees, shoreline buildings, a road, and a slender mast or pole.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, light scratches, and slight handheld drift consistent with scanned 8mm travel film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel transition, canal cutaway, or quiet memory beat between broader Egypt or maritime scenes.
Historical context: The images provide visual context for canal-side movement and waterfront settlement in Egypt without identifying specific vessels, buildings, or events.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but copyright, location, vessel, and property context should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1940s Suez Canal 8mm footage, Egypt canal boat view, vintage canal shoreline, and home-movie travel footage Egypt.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt travel material, then broader vintage maritime and canal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Suez Canal boat view with rigging in the foreground, calm water, low shoreline, and distant vessels. — Rigging frames a quiet canal view with vessels and low banks in the distance.

1946 Suez Canal view through boat rigging, with muted water, low banks, and small distant craft. — A dark boat structure and rigging divide the canal view toward low shoreline.

1946 Suez Canal footage showing a wide water view from a boat, with rigging at right and low banks beyond. — The boat continues past open canal water and a low, hazy shoreline.

1946 Suez Canal shoreline view with trees, low buildings, a road, water beyond, and a tall pole or mast. — A canal-side settlement appears along the bank, with trees, buildings, and water beyond.

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