Khartoum Sudan-1969: Giraffe and Buffalo Herd in Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKhartoum, Sudan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Giraffe and Buffalo Herd in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a giraffe browsing in a sunlit savanna with acacia trees and distant mountains. The scene transitions to a herd of African buffalo moving across a muddy watering hole in the same arid landscape. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded color saturation, and natural camera movement, offering authentic archival wildlife footage from a 1960s safari.

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: 122676165

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: Khartoum, Sudan 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 wildlife or safari editorial requests needing 8mm footage of African buffalo in a savanna watering-hole setting near Khartoum, Sudan.
Period detail: The faded color, 8mm texture, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1969 Sudan setting place the footage in a late-1960s home-movie travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot safari perspective, observing buffalo at a distance through steady but informal handheld framing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include African buffalo, muddy water, pale grass, low shrubs, acacia-like trees, distant hills, blue sky, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, faded color, uneven exposure, and handheld movement give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, safari travel cutaway, transition from giraffe footage, or quiet environmental beat.
Historical context: The scene documents mid-20th-century amateur travel filming of wildlife in an arid savanna landscape without visible people or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any wildlife-location claims should be checked against source records.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife, Khartoum safari home movie, African buffalo watering hole, and vintage savanna footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same safari, then other 1969 Khartoum or Sudan footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing African buffalo near shallow muddy water, with grass, shrubs, trees, and distant hills. — Buffalo gather and move across a shallow watering-hole area in open savanna.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with buffalo moving across a wet, pale clearing in a savanna landscape. — Buffalo walk through the muddy clearing while another animal faces the camera from the grass.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing buffalo spaced across grass and mud in an open savanna setting. — Separated buffalo stand and graze near the edge of a shallow wet area.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame of African buffalo in grass beside a muddy watering area, framed by shrubs and trees. — A small buffalo group pauses in the grass near the watering hole.

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