Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Two Men Rolling Red Barrel on Ship Deck

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

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Two Men Rolling Red Barrel on Ship Deck — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures two men on the deck of a ship in the Suez Canal, Egypt. The men, wearing simple white shirts and light-colored wraparound skirts, walk across the dark deck as one pushes a red barrel. The blue water of the canal is visible alongside the vessel, with yellow railings and coiled ropes adding to the maritime setting. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a strong sense of mid-century nostalgia and historical authenticity.

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: 124756492

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 or Suez Canal sequences needing brief home-movie deck activity aboard a vessel.
Period detail: The light clothing, open ship deck, painted railings, rope, and barrel may show mid-1940s shipboard work or passage in Egypt.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged view of two men moving across a working deck as one handles a barrel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, a red barrel, dark ship deck, yellow railings, blue canal water, rope, shadows, and deck fittings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, saturated blue water, warm color shift, grain, and slight handheld framing typical of physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for ship travel, canal passage, or deck labor.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for everyday movement on a vessel in the Suez Canal area without documenting a named event.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or personality rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm Suez Canal ship deck footage, men rolling barrel on boat, and vintage Egypt maritime home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel shipboard scenes, then other 1946 Suez Canal footage, then broader vintage maritime travel or deck work clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Suez Canal ship deck view with two men walking near yellow railings, ropes, and blue water. — Two men move across the deck of a vessel as canal water runs alongside.

1946 Suez Canal deck scene with two men approaching a red barrel near the ship rail and blue water. — A red barrel sits on the deck as the men walk along the railing.

On a 1946 Suez Canal ship deck, one man appears to handle a red barrel while another walks nearby. — One man bends toward the red barrel while another crosses the deck behind him.

1946 Suez Canal footage shows two men beside a red barrel on a ship deck with yellow railings and canal water. — The men gather near the barrel on the sunlit deck of the vessel.

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