Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Men Searching For Scrap In A Landfill While Counting

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Men Searching For Scrap In A Landfill While Counting — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures men at the Suez Canal in Egypt, dressed in traditional white robes and head coverings, searching through discarded materials on a sun-drenched dock. The grainy, color-bleached film shows them sorting through scrap, handling objects, and discussing their finds. The scene reflects post-war resourcefulness and daily life along the vital waterway, with visible ropes, barrels, and wooden structures in the background. This authentic home movie offers a rare glimpse into mid-century Egyptian labor and survival.

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: 124756421

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: Useful for archival requests needing 1940s Suez Canal home-movie material showing dockside labor, informal salvage, and everyday human activity for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The white robes and head coverings, weathered dock surfaces, ropes, barrels, and faded 8mm color may show mid-1940s working conditions along the Suez Canal.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the close, handheld view of men handling objects and counting or discussing them in a working dockside setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in white garments, wrapped head coverings, a dock or deck surface, ropes, barrels, light-colored boards, scrap items, and harsh sunlight.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and handheld framing that mark it as original home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, labor detail, transition, or memory beat within sequences about Suez Canal life, postwar resource use, or informal work.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for men sorting or examining discarded materials near canal-side work areas without proving a specific occupation or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Egypt 8mm footage, Suez Canal dockside workers, men sorting scrap, home-movie labor scenes, and Egyptian canal daily life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal scenes, then broader Egypt dockside labor or scrap-sorting material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Suez Canal home-movie frame showing a man in white clothing leaning over boards or scrap on a sunlit dock area. — A man bends over light-colored material beside ropes and dock equipment.

1946 Suez Canal frame with a man in white garments examining light-colored material beside ropes, barrels, and dock structures. — A man examines material on a dockside surface near ropes and barrels.

Close 1946 Suez Canal home-movie view of men in white head coverings handling or counting a small item in harsh sunlight. — Men gather closely while handling or counting a small object.

1946 Suez Canal frame showing men in white head coverings clustered over hands and a small object, suggesting counting or inspection. — Men lean in together over an object being handled or counted.

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