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Pretoria South Africa-1969: A Curious Rhino and an Antelope in the Savanna

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationPretoria, South Africa
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 South Africa
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A Curious Rhino and an Antelope in the Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pretoria, South Africa, in 1969 captures a young rhinoceros standing in a grassy field, its large ears perked and head turned toward the camera with a curious expression. The grainy, color-bleached film shows the rhino's textured gray skin and small horn under natural daylight. In a subsequent scene, a large antelope with long, spiraled horns stands in a vast savanna landscape with rolling hills under a cloudy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including soft focus, natural film grain, and dark frame borders, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century wildlife observation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122667194

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Pretoria, South Africa Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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

  • animal
  • looking
  • confused
  • seeing
  • grass
  • rhino
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • SOUTH africa
  • 1969
  • 1969 wildlife footage
  • South Africa safari
  • vintage 8mm film
  • rhino in grass
  • antelope with horns
  • African savanna
  • classic home movie
  • retro wildlife
  • Super 8 footage
  • archival animal footage
  • 1960s film
  • vintage safari
  • old film footage
  • wildlife documentary
  • nostalgic animal clip
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage 8mm
  • African wildlife
  • grainy film
  • historic footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing amateur-shot South African wildlife footage with a rhinoceros and horned antelope in open grassland.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm footage near Pretoria shows a rhinoceros standing in grass and facing the camera, with another animal partly visible at the edge.
A rhinoceros stands alert in tall grass, framed by dark 8mm borders.

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