Suez Canal Egypt-1946: U.S. Naval Ship Navigating Canal With American Flag

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U.S. Naval Ship Navigating Canal With American Flag — Clip Details

Shot from a naval vessel in 1946, this 8mm home movie captures a view of the Suez Canal in Egypt. The footage shows the canal’s waterway stretching into the distance, framed by the ship’s structure and rigging. An American flag is visible, confirming U.S. naval presence. The scene unfolds under a hazy sky, with sandy shores and distant vegetation lining the canal banks. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a strong sense of mid-20th century nostalgia and historical documentation.

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: 124759909

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People 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 requests needing U.S. naval travel footage through the Suez Canal from an onboard viewpoint.
Period detail: The vessel rigging, American flag, 8mm color stock, and metadata-dated 1946 setting support a mid-1940s naval transit scene in Egypt.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot, shipboard perspective, observing the canal banks through vessel structure rather than staging a formal naval scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include canal water, sandy shoreline, distant vegetation, ship rigging, a dark window or mast edge, a pale boom, and an American flag.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight haze, and handheld framing give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, naval cutaway, or memory beat for postwar movement through the canal.
Historical context: The view documents a U.S. naval vessel moving along a narrow engineered waterway bordered by sandy banks and sparse settlement or vegetation.
Research note: No people are visible, but naval subject matter, the American flag, and any ship identifiers should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Suez Canal 8mm footage, U.S. Navy shipboard home movie, American flag on naval vessel, or Egypt canal transit.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel shipboard scenes, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt footage, then broader U.S. Navy travel and canal transit material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Shipboard 8mm view of the Suez Canal in Egypt, with water, sandy banks, haze, and dark vessel framing. — Canal channel and shoreline viewed from aboard a naval vessel.

1946 shipboard view along the Suez Canal, with rigging lines, a pale boom, water, and low sandy shore. — Rigging frames the canal and distant shoreline during transit.

Onboard 8mm frame from the Suez Canal showing an American flag, rigging, waterway, and low Egyptian shoreline. — American flag and vessel rigging appear as the canal bank passes by.

Shipboard Suez Canal view with rigging, partial American flag, blue water, sandy bank, and distant vegetation. — The canal shoreline remains in view beneath ship lines and a partial flag.

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