Kenya-1969: Deer Lying in Grassy Clearing Filmed From Afar

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

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Deer Lying in Grassy Clearing Filmed From Afar — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a wild deer resting in a grassy clearing surrounded by trees. The reddish-brown deer lies calmly on the ground, its head raised and alert, with small antlers visible. The scene is filmed from a distance through a natural frame, showing the animal in its natural habitat. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and warm color tones typical of 1960s amateur film. The deer remains mostly still, occasionally shifting its gaze, creating a peaceful, nostalgic wildlife moment.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122660523

Rights & Clearance

$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: 1969 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: Kenya 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: 1960s Kenya wildlife home-movie cutaway for productions needing a quiet distant view of a resting deer or antelope-like animal in a wooded clearing.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and home-movie framing support a late-1960s amateur travel-film context, while the visible scene itself shows only woodland, grass, and the animal.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient, observational feel of a traveler filming wildlife from a distance rather than a staged nature sequence.
What appears in frame: A reddish-brown horned animal rests in grass among tree trunks, low shrubs, fallen branches, dark film borders, and a split contact-sheet view.
Film character: Visible grain, mild softness, warm color, gate edges, and slight exposure variation give the footage the tactile character of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, safari-travel cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1960s Kenya sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor's distant view of wildlife in a Kenyan wooded clearing, without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and wildlife-location identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, vintage safari home movie, deer or antelope resting in grass, and 1960s African travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife or travel footage, and then broader vintage safari or woodland animal cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

A horned reddish-brown deer or antelope-like animal rests in a grassy Kenyan clearing in 1969 8mm home-movie footage. — A resting horned animal lies low in grass near tree trunks and shrubs.

The distant 1969 Kenya frame shows a horned animal lying alert in grass between trees, with soft 8mm film texture. — The animal remains seated in the clearing, head raised toward the trees.

A reddish-brown horned animal rests in a grassy wooded area, filmed from a distance on 8mm in Kenya in 1969. — A closer contact-sheet frame holds on the animal resting amid grass, brush, and trunks.

The final frame keeps the horned animal lying still in a Kenyan wooded clearing, with grainy 1960s 8mm color. — The clip ends with the animal still lying calmly in the clearing.

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