Suez Canal Egypt-1946: People Walking Park Well Dressed Past Signal Wall Grass

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People Walking Park Well Dressed Past Signal Wall Grass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment in Suez Canal, Egypt. The footage shows people in period attire walking across a grassy field near a large building, with a prominent stone sign reading "KARACHI PORT TRUST" visible on a wall. The scene has a nostalgic, archival quality with natural lighting and subtle film grain, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century daily life in a colonial-era port city.

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: 124756523

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: Yes
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial or documentary sequences needing brief home-movie views of people crossing open grounds in a port-city setting associated with the Suez Canal metadata.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-1940s dress, with light-colored long garments and suits moving past low walls, open grass, and a multi-story building under construction or repair.
Home-movie behavior: The value is observational and unstaged, with distant pedestrians crossing the field while the camera holds a casual home-movie view from one position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grassy open ground, several pedestrians, a low boundary wall, pale buildings, a larger scaffolded structure, trees, and distant urban rooftops.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, vertical wear marks, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location transition, or memory beat for wartime-era travel, port life, or everyday movement through open public space.
Historical context: The scene gives a distant social view of people moving through a landscaped or open urban area, without enough visible detail to identify the specific site or institution.
Research note: People are visible at a distance and a possible sign or institutional marking is noted in metadata, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from copyright.
Research search match: Search phrases might include 1946 8mm Suez Canal people walking, 1940s Egypt home movie grassy field, and vintage port-city pedestrians near building.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt material, then with broader 1940s port-city daily-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm home-movie view associated with Suez Canal metadata, showing distant pedestrians crossing grass near low walls and urban buildings. — Distant pedestrians move across open grass near buildings and a scaffolded structure.

Distant people in light clothing walk across an open grassy area, with pale buildings, trees, and a larger structure beyond. — People cross the field while the camera remains fixed on the urban backdrop.

A soft 8mm frame shows distant pedestrians on grass, a low wall, pale houses, and a taller building with visible scaffolding. — Pedestrians pass through the lower frame below a scaffolded building and distant rooftops.

Distant figures move across grass in a 1946 8mm home-movie frame, with low buildings, trees, and a larger pale structure behind them. — Several figures cross the foreground field against a quiet urban background.

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