Suez Canal Egypt-1946: Shoreline Scene With Old Buildings And Debris

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

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Shoreline Scene With Old Buildings And Debris — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a sun-drenched shoreline scene along the Suez Canal in Egypt. The clip shows weathered two-story buildings with balconies, scattered debris, and stacks of old tires in the foreground. Utility poles and wires line the dusty road where a few figures walk in the distance. The image has a soft, grainy quality with faded colors typical of mid-century home movies. A mosque with a minaret appears in the final frame, adding to the historic Middle Eastern atmosphere. This archival film offers a nostalgic glimpse into post-war Egyptian life.

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: 124760056

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 documentary or museum edits needing 1940s 8mm Suez Canal shoreline atmosphere, built environment cutaways, or postwar travel-home-movie context.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color, utility poles, simple waterfront buildings, dusty road, and distant pedestrians support a mid-1940s canal-side setting without identifying a precise town.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed visitor perspective, holding on ordinary streetside buildings and waterfront clutter rather than staging action for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two-story stucco buildings, balconies, utility poles, overhead wires, stacked tires or debris, a dusty road, distant pedestrians, and a minaret in the last frame.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight frame instability give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, shoreline transition, travel-memory beat, or contextual cutaway between broader Suez Canal scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday canal-side urban fabric and public roadway activity, with no visible signage or landmarks sufficient to confirm a more specific location.
Research note: People appear only as small distant figures, but likeness and location context should still be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm Suez Canal Egypt street scene, vintage canal-side buildings, Egypt shoreline home movie, or 1940s Middle East travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Suez Canal Egypt footage, then broader 1940s waterfront, street, or travel home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Suez Canal, Egypt view of pale two-story buildings, poles, wires, dusty road, and debris near the shoreline. — Weathered canal-side buildings and roadside debris appear in a soft 8mm view.

1946 Suez Canal, Egypt street-side view with a balcony building, utility poles, distant pedestrians, and foreground debris. — A balcony-fronted building sits beside a dusty road with small figures in the distance.

1946 Suez Canal, Egypt view of pale stucco buildings with balconies behind a wall, with debris along the road edge. — The camera holds on sunlit buildings and debris along the canal-side road.

1946 Suez Canal, Egypt frame with a mosque minaret rising behind low buildings and a large tree at right. — A minaret appears behind low buildings as the shot shifts toward the tree-lined edge of the scene.

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