Kenya-1969: Three Water Buffalo Roaming On 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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Three Water Buffalo Roaming On Grassland — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a herd of three water buffalo roaming across a grassy savanna. The grainy, slightly faded color film captures the animals walking steadily across the open plain, their dark bodies contrasting with the green and brown landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible film grain and soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from the late 1960s. The camera remains relatively stable, observing the buffalo as they move through the natural environment.

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: 122660976

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya wildlife archive requests needing brief documentary or editorial footage of buffalo moving across open grassland.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s tourist or home-movie wildlife filming, with era clues limited to soft color 8mm stock and handheld framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming wildlife from a distance without staging or guided camera movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three dark buffalo, pale horns, open green-brown grassland, patches of bare earth, soft focus, and frame-edge vignetting.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, muted color, mild softness, and exposure variation that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition beat within Kenya or African savanna sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents buffalo on open grassland in Kenya as captured by a home-movie camera, without visible people, vehicles, or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, source permissions, and species/location identification needs.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage, buffalo on grassland, African home movie safari footage, and vintage savanna animals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife footage, then broader 1960s African grassland or safari home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three buffalo appear on Kenya grassland in 1969 home-movie footage, two clustered at left and one facing the camera area. — Three buffalo pause and move across a grassy plain.

A buffalo walks across open Kenya grassland, with a second animal partly obscured in the soft 1969 8mm frame. — Buffalo walk steadily through open grassland.

Two buffalo move through a soft, grainy 1969 Kenya grassland view, with one animal partly cropped at the edge. — Buffalo cross the frame in a grainy wildlife shot.

Two buffalo walk side by side across Kenya grassland in a muted-color 1969 8mm home-movie frame. — Two buffalo continue across the grassy open plain.

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