Kenya-1969: Wild Cows Grazing and Wallowing in Mud

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

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Wild Cows Grazing and Wallowing in Mud — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a herd of wild cattle in a muddy field. The animals, including adults and a calf, graze and wallow in the wet earth under soft morning light. The scene unfolds in a rural landscape with green grass and dense trees in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly dim, nostalgic quality characteristic of 1960s amateur footage. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse into African wildlife and rural life, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 122660610

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 1960s Kenya archive requests needing brief rural wildlife or livestock behavior footage for documentary inserts, education programs, or period nature cutaways.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft exposure, and distant handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie reading, while the visible field, mud, grass, and tree line do not identify a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or amateur filmmaker pausing on animals grazing and wallowing rather than staging a planned wildlife sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several dark cattle-like animals, a small calf-sized animal, wet mud, pale grass, a dense tree line, and soft uneven daylight.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, muted color shifts, dim exposure, and slight handheld instability that add physical-film texture to the rural scene.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, environmental insert, transition, or quiet memory beat within Kenya travel, rural life, or animal-behavior sequences.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for rural animal life in Kenya in 1969 without showing people, buildings, vehicles, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any wildlife, location, or collection restrictions separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm home movie cattle in mud, African rural animal footage, vintage wildlife grazing, and Super 8 muddy field cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other Kenya 1969 rural scenes, then with broader vintage animal grazing or muddy field footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing cattle-like animals, including a smaller animal, grazing and wallowing in mud near grass and a tree line. — Cattle-like animals gather in a muddy field with pale grass and trees beyond.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of several cattle-like animals grazing and resting in a muddy open field below a green tree line. — Animals graze and wallow in mud along the edge of a grassy field.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing dark cattle-like animals in a muddy rural field, with pale grass and trees in the background. — A small herd remains scattered across wet mud with grass and trees behind.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of animals clustered around muddy ground, with a resting animal to the right and a rural tree line beyond. — The animals cluster around the muddy patch as one rests to the side.

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