Kenya-1969: African Buffalo Roaming Wild in Grassland

$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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African Buffalo Roaming Wild in Grassland — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a large African buffalo standing and walking across a grassy clearing. The animal, with its massive curved horns and dark brown hide, moves slowly through the natural landscape, framed by dense green foliage in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and subtle color fading typical of 1960s amateur recordings. The camera remains mostly static, observing the buffalo as it turns and walks away, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat during a bygone 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: 122660845

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 wildlife footage for productions needing a brief archival cutaway of an African buffalo in open grassland.
Period detail: The clip carries 1960s home-movie cues through soft 8mm color, visible grain, and a static tourist-style framing rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the quiet value of an unstaged wildlife encounter, with the camera simply observing as the buffalo stands and walks through the clearing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark horned buffalo, pale grass, dense green foliage, soft focus, film grain, and a static outdoor composition.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted color, gate shadows, grain, and slight exposure variation that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-reel cutaway, or short transition beat within material about Kenya, safari travel, or archival nature observation.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a buffalo in a natural clearing without supporting specific claims about park, reserve, expedition, or conservation history.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any project-specific wildlife or location context needs.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, African buffalo home movie, vintage safari animal footage, and 1960s grassland buffalo.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Kenya wildlife footage, then broader vintage safari or African grassland animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a large horned buffalo facing the camera in a grassy clearing backed by green brush. — A horned buffalo stands in a grass clearing, facing toward the camera.

The buffalo turns into profile while standing near the edge of the clearing.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a buffalo walking across a grassy clearing, partly softened by home-movie focus and grain. — The buffalo walks across the clearing in a slow side view.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing the buffalo partly cropped as it walks out of view across the grassy clearing. — The buffalo moves toward the edge of frame, leaving the clearing view.

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