Kenya-1969: African Buffalo Herd Grazing in Savanna

$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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African Buffalo Herd Grazing in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a herd of African buffalo in a grassy savanna. The grainy, color-bleached film shows three buffalo standing and grazing in a natural setting, with one animal walking toward the camera. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, film grain, and dark vertical frame borders. The scene conveys a sense of quiet wildlife observation from a bygone era, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 122660921

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 material, especially documentary cutaways of African buffalo in a savanna setting.
Period detail: The soft color, heavy grain, 8mm frame borders, and handheld framing support the supplied 1969 home-movie context without showing specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or family member filming wildlife from a cautious distance rather than a staged wildlife sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include African buffalo, curved horns, open grassland, uneven savanna ground, soft background vegetation, dark frame borders, and slight handheld reframing.
Film character: The footage carries a period 8mm texture with muted color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and exposure shifts that read as authentic physical-film evidence.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, quiet transition, or visual bridge in a sequence about Kenya, safari tourism, or archival nature observation.
Historical context: The scene shows buffalo grazing and standing in open Kenyan grassland, offering visual context for late-1960s amateur wildlife filming without asserting a named park or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any production-specific wildlife or location requirements.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage, African buffalo grazing, vintage safari home movie, savanna animals, and archival travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife shots, then broader vintage safari or African savanna animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing several African buffalo standing in grassy savanna, one nearer the camera and others grouped behind. — African buffalo stand and graze in open grassland.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with buffalo spread across open grassland, including one animal grazing near the right edge. — Buffalo graze and stand in a loose group on the savanna.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing buffalo grouped in a grassy savanna while a larger animal moves in from the right side. — A larger buffalo moves toward a small group in the grass.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with two African buffalo close together in the foreground and another buffalo standing behind them in grassland. — Two buffalo pass close together as another stands behind them.

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