Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Two Sailboats on the Suez Canal with Full Sails

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

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Two Sailboats on the Suez Canal with Full Sails — Clip Details

SUEZ CANAL EGYPT-1946: Two traditional sailboats glide along the calm waters of the Suez Canal, their large triangular sails catching the wind. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the serene movement of the boats against a backdrop of flat, arid landscape and sparse green vegetation. The vintage color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century transportation and daily life in Egypt.

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: 124756340

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.

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 (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 or educational edits needing archival home-movie views of traditional sailboats on the Suez Canal in Egypt.
Period detail: The small craft, triangular sails, muted color stock, and flat canal-side landscape support a mid-1940s travel or transport context without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reads as visitor-shot observation from a distance, holding on the boats as they move quietly along the water rather than staging an action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two sailboats, large triangular sails, calm water, a low shoreline, sparse vegetation, flat arid land, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel transition, canal establishing insert, or reflective memory beat within a sequence on Egypt or waterways.
Historical context: The scene shows canal-side sailing traffic and a low rural shoreline, offering visual context for everyday movement on the water without proving ownership or purpose of the boats.
Research note: People may be present on the boats but faces are not readable here, so likeness risk appears limited while copyright and any underlying rights still require review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm Suez Canal sailboats, archival Egypt canal footage, traditional boats on calm water, and 1940s home movie travel views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt material, then broader archival themes of sailing, waterways, and travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Suez Canal home-movie frame showing two traditional sailboats on calm water with sparse vegetation along the bank. — Two sailboats pass along a calm stretch of canal bordered by low vegetation.

1946 Suez Canal footage frame with two sailboats under triangular sails moving past a flat, arid shoreline. — The nearer sailboat moves across the foreground while a second boat follows behind.

Suez Canal, Egypt, 1946: a near sailboat with a tall triangular sail passes in front of a smaller distant boat. — A tall sail dominates the foreground as the boats continue down the canal.

Final 1946 Suez Canal frame showing two traditional sailboats moving along calm water beside a sparse shoreline. — Two sailboats glide along the canal with low vegetation visible behind them.

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