Kenya-1969: Water Buffaloes Wading Through Muddy Field

$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 Buffaloes Wading Through Muddy Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a herd of water buffaloes wading through a muddy field. The animals, dark and wet, move slowly through the muck while a lush green pasture and dense trees form the backdrop. The image has a distinct retro quality with film grain, slight color fading, and natural light, capturing a candid moment of wildlife in a rural African landscape. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century pastoral life.

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: 122660679

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 8mm wildlife or rural landscape footage for documentary cutaways, educational sequences, or archive-led travel context.
Period detail: The frames show period 8mm color home-movie footage, with no visible vehicles, buildings, signage, or landmarks to further verify the 1969 Kenya metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing buffalo from a distance as they move and feed in muddy ground without directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark buffalo, muddy wet ground, patches of green pasture, dense tree cover, soft daylight, and contact-sheet film borders.
Film character: The footage shows grain, faded color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, rural travel insert, ecological transition, or quiet observational memory beat within a Kenya or East Africa sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents buffalo in a muddy open field, offering rural wildlife context without supporting claims about a specific reserve, ranch, or event.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements for their production.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm buffalo footage, East African wildlife home movie, muddy pasture animals, and vintage safari cutaway material.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife or landscape footage, then broader 1960s East African animal and rural field scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing several buffalo in muddy ground before a green pasture and dense trees. — Buffalo move through a muddy field with green pasture and trees in the background.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame of buffalo standing and wading through wet mud beside open pasture. — Buffalo cluster in wet mud near a green pasture and wooded backdrop.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing buffalo spread across a muddy field, with pasture and trees beyond. — A small group of buffalo stands and feeds in a muddy field.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame of buffalo wading in mud across an open field under soft daylight. — Buffalo continue across muddy ground with pasture and trees behind them.

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