Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Men in White Robes Working on Ship Deck

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

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Men in White Robes Working on Ship Deck — Clip Details

SUEZ CANAL EGYPT-1946: Men in traditional white robes walk along the deck of a ship during the day, with the blue sea visible alongside. The 8mm home movie footage captures the bustling activity of workers on a vessel, likely engaged in loading or unloading cargo. The scene is shot from a high angle, showing the deck's wooden surface and rigging, with a vintage film grain and slight color fading characteristic of mid-century amateur recordings. The atmosphere reflects the historical significance of the Suez Canal as a vital transportation route.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124756386

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 Suez Canal home-movie footage for documentary or museum edits needing shipboard travel, canal transit, or maritime labor context.
Period detail: The white garments, wooden deck, rigging, and faded 8mm color may show mid-1940s shipboard activity in Egypt along the Suez Canal.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, looking down from a ship or window as men move about the deck without staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale canal shoreline, blue water, ship deck, rigging lines, men in white clothing, railings, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, dust marks, exposure variation, and a slightly handheld amateur framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, travel insert, or transition between canal-route geography and shipboard labor.
Historical context: The scene places people and vessel activity within a canal-side maritime setting, with desert shoreline and waterway views supporting transport context.
Research note: People are visible and any vessel markings or logos should be reviewed; copyright, likeness, property, and brand questions require separate clearance checks.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s Suez Canal 8mm footage, Egypt ship deck home movie, canal transit archival film, and men on boat deck vintage footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt travel clips, then broader maritime transport and shipboard labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s Suez Canal view with a pale shoreline and flat water seen through dark film or window borders. — Canal-side shoreline viewed from a vessel or framed opening.

Suez Canal shoreline and waterway appear in faded 8mm color, with a dark border cutting through the frame. — Distant canal bank and water under hazy daylight.

A pale Suez Canal-side landscape appears in soft, faded 8mm color with dust and vertical film marks. — Flat shoreline and waterway in a soft archival frame.

Men in white clothing move on a ship deck along the Suez Canal, with rigging and blue water visible beside them. — Shipboard deck activity with men, rigging, and blue water alongside.

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