Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Black Woman In Blue Sailing On The Canal

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Black Woman In Blue Sailing On The Canal — Clip Details

SUEZ CANAL EGYPT-1946: A woman with dark curly hair and a light blue bow is shown in profile against a greenish-blue water backdrop, wearing a light blue top with dark straps. Her expression shifts subtly as she looks forward. The scene transitions to a wide shot of the Suez Canal, with calm blue water stretching toward a distant horizon between sandy banks under a clear sky. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a moment of quiet travel and serene waters, with natural film grain and color fading characteristic of mid-20th century amateur footage.

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: 124759999

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 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 home-movie views of travel on the Suez Canal with a visible passenger and canal waters.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, clothing, hair bow, and shipboard canal view support a mid-1940s travel-film reading without identifying a specific vessel or landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged travel perspective, moving from a close passenger profile to a visitor's view down the canal between sandy banks.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a light blue top, a pale hair bow, dark straps, green-blue water, broad canal surface, sandy banks, distant vessels, and clear sky.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief travel insert, a personal-memory beat, or a transition from human presence aboard a boat to the wider canal landscape.
Historical context: The frames place an individual traveler against canal water and desert banks, offering social context for civilian movement through Egypt in archival home-movie form.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from any copyright or source-material licensing questions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm Suez Canal footage, Egypt canal travel home movie, woman passenger on boat, and vintage waterway travel scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other 1946 Suez Canal or Egypt material, then broader boat, canal, and mid-century travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A woman with a pale hair bow is seen in profile against canal water.

Adult woman with a pale hair bow turns slightly toward the camera, with Suez Canal water behind her in vintage 8mm footage. — The woman shifts her expression as she turns slightly with water behind her.

Wide view along the Suez Canal showing blue water between sandy banks, with small distant boats under a clear sky. — A wide canal view opens toward sandy banks and distant vessels.

Suez Canal landscape with calm blue water, pale sandy banks, and small distant vessels in a 1940s home-movie frame. — Calm canal water stretches toward small vessels and desert banks.

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