Kenya-1969: Waterbuck Standing in Grassy Clearing

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Waterbuck Standing in Grassy Clearing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a waterbuck standing in a grassy clearing, its large spiraled horns and white rump patch clearly visible. The animal faces the camera with alert ears, surrounded by lush green trees and foliage under natural daylight. The shot exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—slight grain, soft focus, and warm color tones—framed by dark borders suggesting a home movie origin. This authentic wildlife moment offers a nostalgic glimpse of African fauna 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: 122661518

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s Kenya wildlife archive requests needing short 8mm animal behavior inserts for documentary, education, museum, or editorial nature sequences.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s amateur safari footage, with visible 8mm frame borders, soft color, and handheld framing as the main era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on a waterbuck from a visitor or traveler viewpoint, preserving an unstaged moment of the animal pausing and looking toward the lens.
What appears in frame: A horned waterbuck stands in a grassy clearing with a white rump patch, shrubs, trees, a narrow track, dark film borders, and green woodland behind it.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, warm color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that reinforces its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, safari memory beat, location texture insert, or quiet transition within a Kenya or East African nature sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for traveler-shot wildlife viewing in Kenya, showing a waterbuck at the edge of wooded grassland without people or built structures visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification, copyright status, and location specifics should still be independently checked before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, waterbuck looking at camera, vintage safari home movie, East African animal footage, and horned antelope in woodland.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife footage, then broader 1960s East African safari or animal observation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a waterbuck with long horns standing alert in a green woodland clearing. — A waterbuck stands still in a grassy clearing, facing the camera from the edge of the trees.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a horned waterbuck turned toward the camera in a wooded grassy area. — The waterbuck remains in place, ears raised, with trees and a faint path behind it.

A closer-framed view shows the animal's horns, face, and white rump patch against green foliage.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a waterbuck standing alert in a grassy woodland clearing with dark film edges. — The waterbuck holds its position in the clearing as the wooded background fills the frame.

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