Casablanca-1959: Dromedary Camel Hooked To A Harness Walking Around A Water Wheel

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCasablanca, Morocco
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 in Casablanca

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Dromedary Camel Hooked To A Harness Walking Around A... — Clip Details

A dromedary camel walks through a rural North African setting in this 1959 8mm home movie footage. The camel, fitted with a harness, moves steadily around a wooden water wheel mechanism, likely used for irrigation. The scene unfolds in a sun-drenched landscape with sparse vegetation, a white building in the background, and a clear blue sky. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip captures the animal's laborious movement and the rustic environment, offering a glimpse into mid-century rural life in Casablanca.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127735602

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$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1959 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Casablanca, Morocco Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural North Africa requests needing working-animal, irrigation, or agricultural labor footage from 8mm home movies.
Period detail: The whitewashed rural building, wooden mechanism, animal harness, and sunlit open ground may show mid-century agricultural practice near Casablanca.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the camel's steady circular work from a close visitor or family-film viewpoint, without staged performance or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dromedary camel, harness gear, wooden water-wheel structure, rough stone edges, sparse vegetation, bare trees, blue sky, and a white building.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, rounded frame edges, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a sequence on water, agriculture, or animal-powered machinery.
Historical context: The scene documents a working camel moving around a wooden mechanism in a rural setting, offering visual context for animal-powered irrigation without broader claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright status and any property or location concerns before publication.
Research search match: Search matches include 1959 Casablanca 8mm camel water wheel, Morocco rural irrigation home movie, dromedary harness agricultural footage, and North African working animal.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Casablanca or Morocco material from 1959, then broader rural labor, irrigation, and working-animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Casablanca 8mm frame showing a harnessed dromedary camel moving beside a rustic wooden water-wheel structure near a white building. — A harnessed camel moves through a rural yard beside a wooden water-wheel mechanism.

1959 Casablanca frame with a dromedary camel in harness passing a wooden irrigation mechanism in a sunlit rural setting. — The camel continues its circular walk around the wooden apparatus.

1959 Casablanca home-movie frame showing the harnessed camel from behind as it works near a wooden arm and rough stone border. — The rear view shows the camel working close to the water-wheel structure.

1959 Casablanca frame with the camel's head and neck near a wooden beam, showing the harness connection to the irrigation apparatus. — A closer view shows the camel attached to the wooden beam of the mechanism.

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