Kenya-1969: Water Buffalo Foraging in 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 Buffalo Foraging in Muddy Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a herd of water buffalo foraging in a muddy field. The animals move slowly through the wet, dark earth, with a lush green pasture and dense forest in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight vignetting, capturing a candid moment of wildlife in their natural habitat. The footage offers authentic, unscripted behavior of the buffalo in a rural African setting, ideal for historical or documentary projects.

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: 122660701

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: This 1969 Kenya 8mm clip supports documentary or education requests for mid-century East African wildlife, especially brief natural-history cutaways of buffalo in wet grazing land.
Period detail: The frames show period home-movie color, soft focus, and 8mm framing, with no visible built landmarks or objects to date the scene beyond the supplied 1969 Kenya metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor-observation feel, holding at a distance as the buffalo graze and move slowly through mud without directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several buffalo, dark muddy ground, wet patches, pale green pasture, dense trees, soft vignetting, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, muted color, uneven exposure, slight softness, and dark frame edges that give the wildlife scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, rural Kenya cutaway, transition into a travel sequence, or quiet memory beat around animals and landscape.
Historical context: The clip visually documents buffalo in an open muddy field with forest beyond, offering environmental context without supporting claims about a named reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any wildlife-location requirements for their project.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Kenya 8mm buffalo footage, vintage East Africa wildlife, home movie water buffalo grazing, and muddy field animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife material, and then broader vintage African animal or rural landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing buffalo foraging across dark mud, with pale green pasture and dense trees in the background. — Buffalo forage in a muddy field bordered by green pasture and trees.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with a small group of buffalo spread across wet, dark ground beneath a green pasture and wooded edge. — A small group of buffalo stands and grazes across wet ground.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing buffalo near the lower edge of the shot, grazing in mud below pasture and a distant tree line. — Buffalo continue grazing near the edge of the muddy field.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of buffalo foraging in a muddy open area, with a bright green pasture strip and dense trees behind them. — Buffalo forage in dark mud against a green pasture and wooded background.

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