Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Men In Arab Headdress Look Over Gunwale Of Ship Camera

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

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Men In Arab Headdress Look Over Gunwale Of Ship Camera — Clip Details

SUEZ CANAL EGYPT-1946: Men in traditional Arab headdresses and white robes stand on the deck of a large cargo vessel, looking over the gunwale as it navigates the canal. The 8mm film captures the bustling activity of maritime commerce, with crew members handling cargo and ropes under a bright sun. The scene transitions to a smaller wooden sailboat with a large triangular sail, carrying passengers and goods across the deep blue water. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage 8mm home movie film, offering a nostalgic 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: 124756408

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 edits needing Suez Canal maritime travel, cargo-vessel deck activity, and small local sailboat cutaways from real 8mm footage.
Period detail: The white robes and Arab headdresses, cargo handling, wooden sailboat, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-1940s canal traffic and local water transport.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a shipboard vantage point, capturing passengers or crew at work and a passing sailboat without staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in white clothing, a cargo vessel deck, ropes and rigging, blue canal water, a small wooden boat, a dark triangular sail, and seated or standing passengers.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, strong blue color saturation, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, maritime transition, canal commerce cutaway, or brief memory beat between shipboard and local-boat scenes.
Historical context: The footage places large-vessel movement and smaller wooden sail transport in the same canal environment, suggesting layered everyday maritime activity without proving identities or purpose.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private interiors are apparent, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately from depicted persons.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Suez Canal 8mm footage, Egypt canal ship deck, Arab headdress on vessel, wooden sailboat on canal, and vintage maritime home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Suez Canal or Egypt footage from 1946, then broader 1940s maritime commerce and travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

On the Suez Canal in 1946, men in white robes and Arab headdresses stand near a cargo vessel's gunwale and rigging. — Men gather along the deck of a cargo vessel as it moves through the canal.

A small wooden sailboat with a dark triangular sail carries people and goods on blue Suez Canal water in 1946 footage. — A wooden sailboat passes across the canal under a dark triangular sail.

The 1946 Suez Canal footage shows a closer view of a wooden sailboat with passengers and stacked boards under a dark sail. — Passengers ride a small wooden sailboat carrying boards or cargo across the water.

A small wooden sailboat with people aboard and a dark triangular sail moves through the Suez Canal in 1946 8mm footage. — The sailboat continues across rippled blue canal water with passengers visible at bow and stern.

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