Suez Canal Egypt-1946: View Of White Beaches Against Blue Sea Water On A Clear

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View Of White Beaches Against Blue Sea Water On A Clear — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of the Suez Canal in Egypt. The clip shows a long stretch of white sandy beaches bordering calm blue sea water under a clear sky. The perspective appears to be from a moving boat, with the shoreline receding into the distance. Film grain and slight blurriness are visible, characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era. The scene evokes a sense of calm travel and historical observation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124759926

Rights & Clearance

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 (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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or educational edits needing Suez Canal travel views from period 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-1940s canal passage with low sandy banks, open water, and boat rigging visible from the filmer's vessel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot boat perspective, observing the shoreline steadily as the vessel moves along the canal.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue canal water, pale sandy shoreline, distant low vegetation, hazy sky, boat rigging, and dark film gate borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm color texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, scratches, and handheld framing from a moving boat.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel insert, geographic transition, establishing cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a Suez or Egypt sequence.
Historical context: The view records canal-side landscape and water travel without showing identifiable people, vessels, signage, or specific facilities in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or vessel permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Suez Canal 8mm footage, Egypt canal shoreline home movie, blue water and white sand travel view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt footage, then broader mid-century boat travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm view of the Suez Canal area, with blue water running beside a pale sandy bank and distant low vegetation. — Canal water and a pale shoreline recede into the distance.

1946 Suez Canal home-movie frame showing calm blue water, pale sandy banks, and a faint distant shoreline. — The canal edge stretches along calm blue water.

Suez Canal shoreline in 1946 8mm footage, filmed from a boat with rigging entering the right side of the frame. — Boat rigging crosses the view of the canal and sandy bank.

1946 Suez Canal view from a moving boat, with blue water, pale shoreline, distant vegetation, and rigging at the right edge. — A boat-side view looks along the canal shoreline.

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