Kenya-1969: Water Buffalo Grazing in Grass Field Near Forest

$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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Water Buffalo Grazing in Grass Field Near Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a serene pastoral scene of water buffalo grazing in a sun-dappled grassy field. The animals move slowly across the open land, with a dense forest forming a dark backdrop. The film exhibits characteristic grain, soft focus, and a slightly faded color palette typical of 8mm home movies from the late 1960s. The shot is framed by the dark borders of the film strip, enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic, unscripted moment offers a glimpse into rural life and natural landscapes of Africa during that era.

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: 122660581

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: 1960s Kenya 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary cutaways, pastoral landscape inserts, and archive sequences about grazing animals near forest edge.
Period detail: The soft color, 8mm contact-frame borders, and distant handheld framing support the 1969 home-movie period noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing water buffalo at a distance without people, narration, or arranged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grazing water buffalo, open grass, darker forest, scattered brush, uneven field texture, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, faded color, soft focus, gate borders, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, establishing insert, transition beat, or reflective memory shot in an East Africa sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows animals grazing in an open Kenyan field near dense vegetation, without visible people or built environment in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright, location, and wildlife-context review should remain separate from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, water buffalo grazing, African field near forest, and vintage home movie animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 footage, then broader 1960s East Africa wildlife or pastoral landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing an open grass field with distant texture and heavy black film borders. — Open grass field seen through soft, bordered 8mm framing.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with several water buffalo grazing across a field backed by dense forest. — Water buffalo graze near a dark forest edge.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing water buffalo spread across a grassy clearing before dense vegetation. — Buffalo graze and stand across the open clearing.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with buffalo in a grass field and one horned animal partially cropped in the foreground. — A cropped foreground buffalo frames others grazing in the distance.

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