Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Life Of A Sailor On A Traditional Sailboat

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

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Life Of A Sailor On A Traditional Sailboat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a traditional wooden sailboat gliding across the Suez Canal in Egypt. The high-angle view shows the vessel's dark sail billowing against the deep blue water, with crew members visible on deck. The scene transitions to a man in traditional white linen robes and a headscarf walking along a dock, handling cargo and navigating the bustling port environment. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 characteristics, offering a rare glimpse into mid-century maritime life and daily routines along the historic waterway.

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: 124756414

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 maritime, Suez Canal, and port-life sequences needing brief editorial cutaways of traditional sailing craft and dock activity.
Period detail: The wooden sailboat, dark lateen-style sail, white robes, headscarf, and working dock setting may show mid-century canal-side maritime life in Egypt.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational traveler or shipboard viewpoint, watching a small sailboat from above before cutting to a dock worker moving through a port area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue canal water, a wooden sailboat, a dark sail, small crew figures, deck planks, coiled rope, dock railings, and a man in white robes.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, saturated blue water, slight color fading, and handheld framing consistent with period home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, geographic transition, maritime cutaway, or memory beat between larger scenes of travel, trade, or canal passage.
Historical context: The footage visually connects small traditional sail transport with a larger port environment, without identifying the vessel, worker, or exact canal location beyond the metadata.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright; no logos, music, children, or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Searches such as 1946 Suez Canal 8mm sailboat, Egypt port worker home movie, traditional sailboat canal footage, or 1940s maritime travel film may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt material, then with broader traditional sailing and port labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A traditional wooden sailboat with crew visible on deck crosses blue water in Suez Canal footage from 1946. — High-angle view of a wooden sailboat under a dark sail on the canal.

High-angle 1946 Suez Canal view of a wooden sailboat with a dark sail and small crew figures on deck. — The sailboat continues across open canal water with its sail raised.

A man in white robes and headscarf walks along a working dock area in 1946 Suez Canal footage. — A robed dock worker or sailor moves past ropes and deck structures.

A robed man stands near railings, ropes, and dock equipment in the Suez Canal port setting. — The man leans near dock fittings amid ropes and shipboard structures.

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