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Pretoria South Africa-1969: Mongoose Digging The Ground To Search For Food

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationPretoria, South Africa
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 South Africa
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Mongoose Digging The Ground To Search For Food — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pretoria, South Africa, 1969, showing a mongoose actively digging in dry, straw-covered earth. The small mammal, with its distinctive striped back, repeatedly burrows into the ground, likely searching for food. The scene is captured with authentic film grain and a slightly soft focus, characteristic of amateur 8mm footage from the late 1960s. The natural, unscripted behavior of the wildlife provides a candid glimpse into animal life in a rural or semi-arid environment.

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
122667637

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
  • mongoose
  • food
  • searching
  • ground
  • digging
  • search
  • eat
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • SOUTH africa
  • 1969
  • mongoose digging
  • 1960s wildlife footage
  • South Africa animal
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1969 home movie
  • animal behavior
  • wildlife documentary
  • retro film
  • archival footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • animal searching
  • ground digging
  • African wildlife
  • vintage film
  • nostalgic footage
  • classic 8mm
  • 8mm film
  • animal footage
  • wildlife clip
  • 1960s footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s wildlife or Southern Africa archive requests needing a brief animal-behavior insert from amateur 8mm footage.
Period detail
The clip is supported as Pretoria, South Africa, 1969, with visible dry ground, straw, soft focus and small-frame home-movie texture rather than identifiable landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1969 Pretoria footage, a small striped mongoose faces forward on dry, straw-covered ground with stones nearby.
A mongoose pauses on dry earth beside scattered stones and straw.

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