Khartoum Sudan-1969: African Cape Buffalo Herd On Savannah With Blue Sky

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

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African Cape Buffalo Herd On Savannah With Blue Sky — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a herd of African Cape Buffalo grazing on a sunlit savannah. The herd moves slowly across the grassy plain, with acacia trees and distant mountains under a bright blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight camera shake, and natural color shifts typical of 1960s home movie film. The scene conveys a quiet, observational wildlife moment from a bygone era, with the buffalo appearing watchful and undisturbed in their natural habitat.

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: 122676237

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: Useful for 1960s East African wildlife or Sudan travel sequences needing brief observational 8mm footage of buffalo on open savannah.
Period detail: The frames may show 1969 home-movie safari footage, with visible clues limited to the 8mm color look, handheld framing, open bushland, acacia-like trees, and distant hills.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, holding on grazing and watchful buffalo from a distance rather than presenting a formal wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several buffalo, dry grass, low scrub, acacia-like trees, pale sandy ground, distant hills, blue sky, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archive texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld movement, uneven exposure, and blue-green color shifts.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel cutaway, geographic transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s Sudan or safari sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for mid-century travel filming of African wildlife, while the frames themselves do not identify a reserve, expedition, or specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species, location, date, and copyright status should still be checked against source records before use.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1969 Sudan 8mm buffalo, Khartoum wildlife home movie, African buffalo savannah footage, and vintage safari film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Khartoum or Sudan 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savannah travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a small group of buffalo spread across grassy savannah with scrub and distant hills. — Buffalo stand and graze across open savannah under a bright blue sky.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with buffalo scattered across savannah, some facing the camera, with acacia-like trees and hills behind. — Watchful buffalo stand in a loose group on the grassy plain.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing buffalo in a sparse savannah setting, with one standing near the foreground and hills beyond. — Buffalo rest and stand among scrub and grass with a hill behind them.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame of buffalo in open savannah, framed by dark film edges with low trees and distant hills visible. — Buffalo remain in a scrubby clearing as the handheld camera looks across the savannah.

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