Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Men in Traditional Dress Preparing to Board Boat

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

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Men in Traditional Dress Preparing to Board Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a group of Arabian men on a dock at the Suez Canal in Egypt. Men in traditional white head coverings and long robes move across the weathered pier, some preparing to board a boat. The scene is bathed in bright sunlight, with deep blue water visible alongside the dock. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera remains mostly static, observing the daily activity of port life.

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: 124756443

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: 1940s 8mm Suez Canal dock footage for productions needing a brief archival view of port workers or boat boarding activity in Egypt.
Period detail: The men’s robes and head coverings, weathered pier, mooring lines, and small boat alongside the quay support a mid-1940s canal-side port setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip observes unstaged dock movement from an elevated visitor-like angle as men walk, wait, and prepare near the boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men on a sunlit pier, white head coverings, long robes, mooring ropes, boat rigging, a cylindrical rail or boom, and blue water.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, strong sunlight, deep shadows, slight color fade, and contact-sheet frame variation typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transitional insert, or establishing memory beat for canal travel, maritime labor, or postwar Egypt context.
Historical context: The footage provides a visual record of everyday dock activity at the Suez Canal without identifying the men, vessel, employer, or specific event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright; no visible logos or private interiors appear in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 8mm Suez Canal dock, Egypt port men boarding boat, Arab men on pier, and vintage home movie maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt harbor footage, then broader 1940s maritime and dock-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Suez Canal home-movie frame showing men on a pier beside blue water, ropes, and a moored boat. — Men gather and stand on the dock beside a moored boat and bright canal water.

1946 Suez Canal frame with men moving and standing on a pier next to ropes, rigging, and blue water. — Men move along the pier while others wait near the boat’s side and rigging.

1946 Suez Canal home-movie view of men clustered along a dock beside a small boat and canal water. — A small group remains near the vessel as another figure approaches from the lower edge of the frame.

1946 Suez Canal frame showing a man walking across the pier with ropes, rigging, and boat equipment nearby. — A man crosses the dock in strong sunlight while rigging and mooring lines frame the pier.

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