Kenya-1969: African Buffalo Herd in Savanna Grassland

$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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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African Buffalo Herd in Savanna Grassland — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a herd of African buffalo in a grassy savanna. Two large buffalo with prominent curved horns stand in the foreground, while a third grazes in the background. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus reflect authentic home movie quality. The scene is framed by dark borders, suggesting viewing through a camera or projector. This archival wildlife clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of African fauna in their natural habitat.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122660566

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

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 requests needing 1960s Kenya wildlife home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits about African buffalo and savanna landscapes.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s amateur wildlife filming, with no visible built landmarks, signage, clothing, vehicles, or other date-specific details beyond the supplied 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, holding on buffalo at a distance as they stand and graze in open grassland.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include African buffalo, curved horns, open grassland, low scrub, a distant grazing animal, soft horizon detail, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm material shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and frame-edge darkness consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, establishing insert, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within a sequence about East African landscapes or safari observation.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for amateur wildlife observation in Kenya, showing buffalo in open savanna without people, buildings, or vehicles visible in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status, source permissions, and any location or wildlife-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for Kenya 1969 8mm wildlife footage, African buffalo home movie, vintage safari animal film, and 1960s savanna grassland cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Kenya 1969 footage, then with vintage wildlife, safari, savanna, or African animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two African buffalo with curved horns in open grassland and a third animal grazing farther back. — Two buffalo stand facing the camera in open savanna grassland.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with two African buffalo standing close together in savanna grassland and another animal grazing in the background. — Foreground buffalo pause in the grass while a distant animal grazes behind them.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two African buffalo in soft-focus grassland, with a darker grazing animal visible farther back. — Two buffalo remain in the foreground as the home-movie camera holds the shot.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame where the camera has shifted across savanna grassland, leaving part of a buffalo visible at the right edge. — The camera drifts across the grassland as the buffalo moves partly out of frame.

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