Kenya-1969: Cape Buffalo 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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Cape Buffalo Grazing in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a herd of Cape buffalo grazing in a grassy savanna. The grainy, slightly faded color film shows two large buffalo with prominent curved horns standing in the foreground, while a third moves behind them. The natural, unposed scene is framed by dark borders, characteristic of old film reels, with visible film grain and subtle color shifts typical of 1960s amateur footage. The animals appear calm in their natural habitat, offering authentic wildlife observation.

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: 122660950

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: Helps answer requests for late-1960s East African wildlife footage for documentary inserts, educational sequences, or archive-led natural history edits.
Period detail: The faded color, 8mm frame edges, soft focus, and handheld composition support the 1969 home-movie context noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the buffalo at a distance without staged action, preserving a visitor-shot wildlife encounter rather than a formal nature-film setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grazing Cape buffalo, curved horns, open grass, darker soil bands, soft background terrain, film borders, and mild frame jitter.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, muted color, slight softness, uneven exposure, and contact-frame borders that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, Kenya travel-reel insert, quiet transition, or observational beat within a 1960s Africa sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places large wild animals in open Kenyan grassland, offering period amateur observation without documenting a named reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, source provenance, and wildlife-location claims for their project.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, Cape buffalo home movie, East Africa savanna animals, and vintage safari footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife scenes, then broader 1960s African travel or savanna animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two Cape buffalo in open grass, one front-facing and one broadside, with soft focus and film borders. — Two Cape buffalo pause in a grassy savanna, one facing the camera and one standing side-on.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with buffalo in a grassy savanna, including a broadside horned animal and another partly entering the edge. — Buffalo stand and move through grass, with one animal partly cut off at the frame edge.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two Cape buffalo separated in open grassland, with muted color and soft home-movie focus. — A front-facing buffalo stands apart from a larger side-on animal in the grass.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with two Cape buffalo in open grass, the larger animal angled toward camera under visible film grain. — Two buffalo stand in open grass as the larger horned animal faces slightly toward the camera.

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