Pretoria South Africa-1969: A Herd Of Wildebeest And Zebra Grazing On The Savanna

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

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A Herd Of Wildebeest And Zebra Grazing On The Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pretoria, South Africa, in 1969 captures a vast savanna landscape teeming with wildlife. A large herd of wildebeest grazes peacefully across the green grassy plain, with a zebra visible among them. The footage, shot through a dark frame, shows natural movement and slight camera shake, characteristic of handheld 8mm film. The color palette features muted greens and earthy tones with a distinct vintage film grain, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic wildlife scene offers a rare glimpse of African fauna in the late 1960s.

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: 122666325

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s South Africa wildlife home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing grazing herd material from an archival travel reel.
Period detail: The 8mm look, muted color, and metadata-supported 1969 date place the scene in a late-1960s home-movie record of animals near Pretoria.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, with grazing animals observed through a dark frame and mild handheld movement rather than formal wildlife cinematography.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wildebeest, at least one zebra, green grassland, distant herd animals, open horizon, soft sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, and handheld shake that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-reel insert, environmental transition, or quiet observational beat within a South Africa sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents grazing wildlife on an open savanna landscape, without visible people, buildings, roads, or modern infrastructure in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review source copyright, archive license terms, and any wildlife-location context needs.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife, Pretoria home movie wildebeest, zebra grazing savanna, and vintage African animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Pretoria or 1969 South Africa material, then with broader vintage wildlife and savanna scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Pretoria-area home-movie frame showing wildebeest grazing on grassland, with a zebra and distant herd animals beyond. — Wildebeest graze across an open grassland with a zebra visible among the herd.

1969 South Africa frame of wildebeest and a zebra grazing across a wide green savanna under a pale sky. — A zebra stands among grazing wildebeest on a broad green plain.

Pretoria-area 1969 8mm frame with wildebeest grazing close to the camera and a zebra among the distant herd. — Foreground wildebeest feed while the herd spreads across the grassland behind them.

Soft, motion-blurred 1969 South Africa frame showing wildebeest grazing across open grassland with distant herd shapes. — Motion blur softens the grazing herd as the camera moves across the savanna.

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