Kenya-1969: Wild Buffalo Wading In Muddy Waterhole

$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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Wild Buffalo Wading In Muddy Waterhole — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a herd of wild buffalo wading through a muddy waterhole in a grassy savanna. The animals move slowly through the wet earth, their dark forms contrasting with the green field and dense trees in the background. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural color degradation, and visible grain, with dark vertical borders framing the shot. This authentic archival clip captures a serene moment of wildlife in its natural habitat, offering a nostalgic glimpse into East African nature during the late 1960s.

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: 122660732

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, educational, or editorial sequences about East African animals and travel filming.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color home-movie texture, soft focus, and dark frame borders, with the 1969 Kenya setting supported by supplied metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler filming wildlife from a distance, holding on the buffalo as they move through mud without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several dark buffalo, a muddy waterhole, wet ground, pale grass, dense trees, soft focus, and dark vertical film borders.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm look with visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and a contact-print framing feel that adds archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, quiet transition, or establishing detail within a 1960s Kenya or safari sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for late-1960s visitor-shot wildlife observation in Kenya, showing buffalo in open grassland and mud rather than a managed display.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya buffalo footage, vintage 8mm African wildlife, muddy waterhole buffalo, East Africa home movie, and 1960s safari nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife scenes, then broader 1960s East African travel or animal-behavior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing several buffalo in muddy water with pale grassland and dense trees behind them. — Buffalo gather in a muddy waterhole with grassland and trees beyond.

A distant 1969 Kenya home-movie view of buffalo crossing muddy ground near a grassy field and tree line. — A small group of buffalo moves slowly through the muddy open ground.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with buffalo clustered at a muddy waterhole, framed by grass and a dark tree line. — Buffalo cluster near shallow muddy water in a distant wildlife view.

A soft 8mm Kenya wildlife frame from 1969 showing buffalo wading through wet mud below a grassy field and trees. — Buffalo wade through wet mud as the camera holds from a distance.

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