Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Woman in Blue Outfit Smiling by Water

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

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Woman in Blue Outfit Smiling by Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a light blue outfit with a matching bow in her dark, styled hair. She smiles gently, her eyes closed in a moment of quiet joy, against a dark blue water backdrop. The footage, likely from a Suez Canal journey, shows subtle camera movement and the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century amateur film. Her expression shifts from serene to a soft, contented smile, evoking a sense of personal memory and historical nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124759986

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial or documentary sequences needing a brief personal travel portrait from Suez Canal home-movie footage.
Period detail: The woman's light blue outfit, styled dark hair, and matching bow may show mid-1940s leisure or travel fashion in amateur color film.
Home-movie behavior: The subject turns, looks down, and smiles in an intimate unstaged moment recorded from a close home-movie viewpoint near water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a pale blue top, dark styled hair, a blue bow, shoulder straps, dark water, soft sunlight, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated blues, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and gentle camera movement typical of mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, travel-memory insert, character beat, or quiet transition within a 1940s journey sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers personal travel context rather than a landmark view, showing a woman beside water during a likely Suez Canal journey.
Research note: A visible face requires likeness review, and copyright status should be assessed separately from any personal or location permissions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Suez Canal home movie, woman smiling by water, blue outfit travel portrait, and vintage 8mm Egypt footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal material, then broader 1940s travel, shipboard, waterway, and personal portrait footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Suez Canal home-movie footage, a woman with a blue hair bow turns toward the camera near dark water. — A woman in blue glances toward the camera by the water.

The woman turns away from the camera, showing her blue hair bow and light top against a water backdrop. — The camera catches the woman's hair bow and shoulder as she turns away.

A close home-movie frame shows the woman looking down, her blue bow and light clothing visible beside the water. — The woman lowers her gaze in a quiet close-up by the water.

The woman faces away in the final frame, with her blue hair bow and pale top set against dark water. — The subject turns from the camera, leaving the water as the main backdrop.

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