Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Men Working On A Traditional Boat In The Desert

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

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Men Working On A Traditional Boat In The Desert — Clip Details

SUEZ CANAL EGYPT-1946: Men work aboard a traditional wooden boat on the Suez Canal, with one man in a white tunic and headwrap standing near a large wooden pole, while another man in a hat and overalls stands behind. The boat, painted yellow and blue, moves along the water with a sandy desert landscape in the background under a bright sky. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures authentic labor and daily life during the mid-20th century, showcasing the canal's vital role in regional transport.

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: 124760022

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

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 editorial sequences needing Suez Canal travel, canal labor, or working boat activity from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clothing, small painted vessel, wooden spar or mast, and desert canal bank may show mid-1940s transport and labor details in Egypt.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged traveler viewpoint, observing workers aboard a passing boat rather than arranging a formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men aboard a yellow and blue wooden boat, canal water, a sandy desert bank, a large wooden spar, rope, hat, tunic, and headwrap.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, high sun exposure, and slight frame weave typical of amateur color home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, canal cutaway, or memory beat within a broader Egypt or maritime sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places manual boat work beside the Suez Canal landscape without proving the workers' identities, route, or purpose.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from any copyright or archive license questions.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Suez Canal home movie, Egypt canal workers, traditional wooden boat, desert waterway, and 8mm travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Egypt canal shots, then other 1946 Suez Canal material, then broader mid-century boat labor or desert waterway footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A seated figure rests near the edge of a boat on the Suez Canal, with blue water filling most of the frame. — A seated passenger or worker looks out over the canal water from the boat edge.

A man stands aboard a yellow and blue boat on the Suez Canal, with a large wooden spar and sandy bank behind him. — A worker stands beside a wooden spar on the painted canal boat.

A worker in light clothing stands on the Suez Canal boat near rope and a large wooden spar, with desert shoreline in the background. — The boat worker stands near rigging as the canal bank passes behind.

A man stands beside a large wooden spar on the Suez Canal boat, with another figure partly visible near a vertical post. — A worker remains framed beside the spar and painted boat rail.

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