Suez Canal Egypt-1946: A Sailboat Gently Sails Across A Calm Water Area Along

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

A Sailboat Gently Sails Across A Calm Water Area Along — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a traditional sailboat gliding along the Suez Canal in Egypt. The small wooden vessel, with its tall white sail, moves steadily across calm blue water, flanked by a barren, sandy plain under a pale sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, characteristic of mid-century home movies. The camera remains steady, observing the boat's journey from a fixed perspective, offering a quiet glimpse into mid-20th century transportation and daily life along the historic waterway.

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: 124756307

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing 1940s Suez Canal travel footage, traditional sailing craft, or calm waterway cutaways from real 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-1940s canal scene, with a small sailboat, open sandy banks, muted color, and no modern vessels or shoreline structures visible in these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The fixed, observant framing suggests a traveler or passenger recording a quiet passing sailboat rather than a staged maritime scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall white sail, small wooden boat, calm blue water, sandy canal bank, flat barren plain, pale sky, and dark frame borders from the film scan.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, slight color fading, mild gate weave, and dark contact-print borders that add clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief canal insert, geographic transition, transportation cutaway, or reflective pause in a sequence about Egypt, waterways, or postwar travel.
Historical context: The scene visually places a traditional sailing vessel within a wide canal landscape, offering context for everyday movement along a major Egyptian waterway without identifying a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location context, and any project-specific editorial or commercial clearance needs.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm Suez Canal footage, Egypt sailboat home movie, traditional boat on canal, calm waterway archival cutaway, and mid-century travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt clips, then broader themes of sail transport, waterways, and postwar travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Suez Canal home-movie frame showing a small sailboat on calm blue water beside a flat sandy bank under a pale sky. — A small sailboat passes along the canal beside a barren shoreline.

1946 Suez Canal frame with a traditional sailboat near the right edge, calm water in front, and open sandy terrain beyond. — The sailboat continues across the canal landscape from a fixed viewpoint.

1946 Suez Canal home-movie frame showing a tall-sailed boat on blue water with a broad sandy plain and pale sky behind it. — A tall sail stands out against the flat canal bank and open sky.

1946 Suez Canal frame showing the sailboat still moving along calm water, with a barren bank and low horizon in the background. — The boat glides through the canal with the shoreline stretching behind it.

Visually Similar Clips