Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Felucca With Big Sail Sailing Down Canal

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Felucca With Big Sail Sailing Down Canal — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a traditional felucca sailing down the Suez Canal in Egypt. The small wooden boat with its large, white lateen sail glides along the waterway, framed by the canal's banks and the distant horizon. The scene evokes a sense of quiet travel and historical transportation, with the film's natural grain and color palette enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic home movie clip offers a glimpse into mid-20th century life and maritime activity in the region.

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: 124756312

Rights & Clearance

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 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: 1940s 8mm Egypt canal footage suited to editorial sequences on travel, waterways, sailing craft, and mid-century maritime movement.
Period detail: The lateen-rigged wooden felucca and open canal banks may show traditional small-boat traffic on the Suez Canal in the 1940s.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a passing or elevated travel viewpoint, giving the scene the quiet, unstaged feel of a visitor recording movement along the canal.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a felucca, large white sail, canal water, low banks, distant horizon, hazy sky, and small figures aboard the boat.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted color, exposure variation, and slight handheld instability preserve the texture of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, maritime cutaway, or reflective memory beat for canal movement.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a traditional sailboat sharing a major Egyptian waterway, without enough detail to identify passengers or a precise canal segment.
Research note: People appear very small on the boat, so likeness risk seems limited but should be reviewed separately from copyright and location-use considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 8mm Suez Canal felucca, Egypt home movie sailboat, traditional lateen sail canal footage, and vintage maritime travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt footage, then with broader traditional sailing and waterway travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Suez Canal home-movie frame showing a felucca with a large lateen sail on blue water near flat canal banks. — A traditional felucca sails along the canal, with low banks and a distant horizon behind it.

1946 Suez Canal frame with a small wooden felucca and tall lateen sail passing along the waterway. — The felucca continues down the canal, its high sail standing out against the pale sky and flat shoreline.

Soft 1946 Suez Canal frame showing a felucca from farther away, with faint sailboats along the canal line. — A more distant view shows the felucca on the canal, with other sails barely visible through haze.

1946 Suez Canal home-movie frame showing the felucca in darker exposure as it travels beside the canal bank. — The boat appears in darker exposure near the canal bank, with more small sails visible in the distance.

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