Khartoum Sudan-1969: Gnu Herd Walking Through Barren Field On Bright Sunny Day

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

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Gnu Herd Walking Through Barren Field On Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a herd of African buffaloes walking through a dry, sunlit savanna. The grainy, color-bleached film shows the large, dark-hued animals moving across a dusty field with scattered acacia trees under a bright blue sky. The footage, shot from a moving vehicle as indicated by the consistent black frame borders, offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in the Sudanese wilderness during the late 1960s. The naturalistic, unscripted movement of the herd provides authentic archival material for documentaries, nature projects, or historical content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122676456

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: 1969 Sudan wildlife home-movie footage useful for productions needing a brief archival view of large horned animals moving through dry savanna near Khartoum.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm-era grain, bright exposure, and vehicle-framed wildlife views that support a late-1960s travel or safari home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, with the animals observed from behind dark vehicle or window framing as they pause and move across open ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small herd of dark horned bovines, dusty pale ground, scrub grasses, scattered acacia-like trees, blue sky, and black film or vehicle borders.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, slight softness, color fading, bright midday exposure, and handheld or vehicle movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel insert, transitional beat, or brief environmental detail within a 1960s Sudan or East African savanna sequence.
Historical context: The imagery places large grazing animals in a dry, open scrub landscape, offering visual context for mid-century travel filming without proving a specific reserve or route.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private property are visible, but species identification, exact location, and copyright or source permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sudan wildlife 8mm, Khartoum savanna animals, African buffalo herd home movie, and vintage travel safari footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Khartoum or Sudan travel footage, and finally related vintage savanna wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing several dark horned bovines gathered on pale dry ground with scrub vegetation and blue sky. — A small herd stands together in a dry scrub landscape.

Dark horned bovines move through dry savanna near Khartoum, Sudan, with motion blur and black vertical framing visible. — Animals move across open ground as the camera passes by.

A single horned bovine stands on pale ground in 1969 Sudan home-movie footage, with scrub trees behind it. — One animal pauses in the clearing while another is partly cut off by the frame.

A lone dark horned bovine stands in a sunlit Sudan savanna frame, surrounded by dry grass, shrubs, and pale soil. — A lone animal stands against low scrub in bright daylight.

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