Khartoum Sudan-1969: Herd Of Buffalo Roaming In Savanna

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

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Herd Of Buffalo Roaming In Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a herd of African buffalo roaming through a sun-drenched savanna. The grainy, color-bleached film shows dark buffalo moving across a grassy plain dotted with acacia trees and shrubs under a bright blue sky. The camera remains mostly static, observing the animals as they graze and walk through the landscape, with some individuals near a muddy patch. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, natural color shifts, and a nostalgic, authentic feel. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into Sudanese wildlife and mid-century travel footage.

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: 122676300

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 requests needing 1960s East African travel-shot wildlife footage for documentary, education, museum, or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and home-movie framing support the 1969 dating, while the frames show open savanna with buffalo and scrub trees.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-observation quality, with the camera holding on animals from a distance rather than shaping a wildlife-film setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include African buffalo, dry grass, pale sandy ground, scrub vegetation, acacia-like trees, blue sky, and dark frame borders.
Film character: Grain, slight blur, faded color, uneven exposure, and gate-edge shadows give the clip a scanned 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, location texture, or transition within a Sudan or savanna sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a traveler’s view of buffalo in a dry grassland setting near Khartoum as described by the source metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, archive license terms, wildlife identification, and location claims should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife footage, Khartoum buffalo home movie, African buffalo savanna archive, and vintage travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Khartoum 1969 material, then broader Sudan wildlife or 1960s African travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum home-movie frame showing buffalo in a grassy savanna with scrub trees, pale ground, and visible 8mm frame edges. — Buffalo move across open grassland with shrubs and trees in the background.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame with several buffalo spread across a dry savanna landscape under a bright blue sky. — Several buffalo stand and walk through grass beside dense scrub vegetation.

1969 Khartoum home-movie frame showing buffalo clustered in dry grass, with brush, trees, and soft 8mm color visible. — A small group of buffalo gathers in the grass with brush and trees beyond.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing buffalo across a dry savanna clearing with shrubs, trees, and faded color. — Buffalo stand across the grassland as darker animals remain near the brush line.

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