Pretoria South Africa-1969: A Zebra Grazing in a Grass Field

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationPretoria, South Africa
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

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A Zebra Grazing in a Grass Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pretoria, South Africa, in 1969 captures a zebra grazing peacefully in a grassy field. The animal, with its distinctive black and white stripes, is shown in profile, its head lowered to feed on the green grass. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including soft focus, natural color grading, and visible film grain. The shot is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was filmed through a window or viewfinder, adding to its nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic slice of mid-20th century wildlife observation offers a serene glimpse into a natural moment preserved on analog film.

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: 122666266

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: Pretoria, South Africa 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 1960s wildlife or South Africa archive requests needing a brief home-movie view of a zebra grazing in a grassy enclosure or field.
Period detail: The soft 8mm look, muted color, and contact-frame borders support the 1969 home-movie dating, while the scene itself shows no distinct landmarks or period-specific objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming an animal quietly from a fixed vantage point rather than staged wildlife cinematography.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a zebra in profile, lowered head, grass field, dark vertical frame edges, pale ground debris, soft background turf, and film grain.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm texture with visible grain, slight blur, muted green tones, and dark frame edges from the scanned home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, quiet transition, or archival establishing detail for animal observation in South Africa.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century amateur travel or nature filming, showing a zebra grazing without visible people, signage, buildings, or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location permissions, and any zoological or property context before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm zebra footage, Pretoria South Africa home movie wildlife, vintage grazing animal shot, and archival zebra field cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Pretoria 1969 material, then broader 1960s South Africa wildlife or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A zebra lowers its head to graze in a grassy field, seen through dark frame borders.

The zebra continues grazing, its head near the ground and body extending out of frame.

A closer frame shows the zebra feeding near the lower edge of the shot.

1969 Pretoria 8mm frame of a zebra with head lowered to grass, surrounded by muted green field and dark film borders. — The zebra remains in profile as it grazes in the grass at the end of the clip.

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