Kenya-1969: Black Buffalo Roaming Grass Field Near Trees

$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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Black Buffalo Roaming Grass Field Near Trees — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a large African buffalo walking across a grassy clearing with dense green trees in the background. The animal, with its dark coat and prominent curved horns, moves steadily from right to left, its head lowered as it navigates the terrain. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural daylight, framed by the characteristic black borders of an 8mm film projector. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife in its natural habitat.

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: 122660867

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 of an African buffalo moving through open grass near trees.
Period detail: The 8mm source, soft color, film grain, and black frame edges support a late-1960s home-movie reading, consistent with the 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the buffalo from a cautious distance, giving the clip an unstaged visitor-shot wildlife encounter quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark buffalo, curved horns, grassy ground, dense green trees, soft daylight, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through visible grain, muted color, slight motion blur, and handheld framing around the moving animal.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition within a Kenya or African safari sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a tourist-era home-movie view of wildlife in Kenya without identifying a specific reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and wildlife-location claims should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage, African buffalo home movie, and vintage safari animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Kenya material, then other 1969 Kenya wildlife clips, then broader vintage African animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A buffalo moves across a grassy clearing with wooded growth in the background.

The buffalo continues across the open grass, seen in side profile.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing the buffalo closer and partly cropped as it passes through the grassy clearing. — A closer, slightly blurred view shows the buffalo moving past the camera position.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame with the buffalo partly at right, its pale curved horns visible against green brush. — The buffalo nears the edge of the frame with trees and grass still visible around it.

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