Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Sailboat on Canal with Palm Trees and Buildings

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Sailboat on Canal with Palm Trees and Buildings — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of the Suez Canal in Egypt. The footage, framed by a dark border, shows a narrow waterway flanked by palm trees and low buildings under a pale sky. A traditional sailboat glides along the canal, its white sail catching the light. The scene is bathed in the warm, faded colors of mid-century film, with visible grain and slight blurriness enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality. This is a rare glimpse of daily life and transportation along the historic canal during the post-war era.

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: 124756295

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: 1940s 8mm home-movie footage useful for editorial requests about canal travel, Egyptian waterways, and postwar-era maritime views.
Period detail: The small sailboat, palm-lined banks, low waterside structures, and faded 8mm color may show mid-1940s canal scenery in Egypt.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, observing boats and shoreline from a distance without staging or visible interaction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include canal water, a sailboat, palm trees, low buildings, grassy banks, pale sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and warm faded color typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, canal cutaway, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The scene documents water transport and shoreline landscape along the Suez Canal area without identifying a specific vessel, building, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1940s Suez Canal 8mm footage, Egypt canal sailboat home movie, and vintage Egyptian waterway travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt clips, then broader canal, sailboat, and travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm view of the Suez Canal area with a small boat near the bank, palms, low buildings, and a pale sky. — A small boat sits near the canal bank with palms and low buildings beyond.

1946 Suez Canal area scene showing water, a small boat by the bank, palm trees, and low waterside structures. — A boat rests along the canal with palms and shoreline buildings in the background.

A sailboat with a tall white sail moves along the Suez Canal area in 1946, with grassy banks and open land beyond. — A traditional sailboat passes along the canal beside a low grassy bank.

1946 8mm frame of a white-sailed boat on the Suez Canal area, bordered by low banks and open terrain. — The sailboat continues along the canal, framed by open banks and faded 8mm color.

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