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Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Vendors People And Cows In The City Streets Of India

  • Year1946
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationSuez Canal, Egypt
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1946 Egypt
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Vendors People And Cows In The City Streets Of India — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a bustling street scene in Suez Canal, Egypt. The grainy, color-bleached images show people in traditional attire walking along narrow, sun-drenched streets lined with weathered buildings. Cows wander freely among the crowd, some grazing on the dusty pavement. A man in a red turban directs traffic near a bicycle and a truck, highlighting the mix of daily life and transportation. The footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century urban life in the region, with a raw, unfiltered quality characteristic of home movies from the era.

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
124756556

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Suez Canal, Egypt Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • animals
  • bovine
  • busy
  • people
  • dirty
  • city
  • marketplace
  • buildings
  • vendors
  • cows
  • streets
  • india
  • SUEZ canal egypt
  • 1946
  • 1946 vintage film
  • 8mm home movie
  • Indian street life
  • cows in city
  • traditional clothing
  • bustling marketplace
  • vintage 1940s footage
  • archival street scenes
  • historic Middle East
  • 8mm film grain
  • retro documentary
  • old film footage
  • people walking
  • animals in urban areas
  • colonial era Egypt
  • street vendors
  • dusty roads
  • vintage travel footage
  • historical footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for documentary or museum edits needing 1940s 8mm street-life footage with pedestrians, cattle, bicycles and urban traffic in a colonial-era city setting.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm street view, supplied as Suez Canal, Egypt, showing pedestrians on a narrow road lined with worn building fronts.
Pedestrians move along a narrow urban street between weathered buildings.

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