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

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

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

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a large herd of African buffalo walking through a sunlit savanna. The grainy, color-bleached film shows the herd moving across a dry grassy field under a bright blue sky, with scattered acacia trees in the background. The footage exhibits natural camera shake and the distinct visual texture of aged Super 8 film, including slight color fading and soft focus. A lone buffalo is seen walking toward the camera in the final frame, offering a dynamic perspective of the wildlife. This authentic archival clip provides a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century African wildlife observation.

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: 122676515

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 documentary or editorial requests needing African wildlife herd footage from visitor-shot 8mm material in Sudan.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the color 8mm home-movie texture and open savanna setting, with the 1969 Khartoum, Sudan context supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged wildlife-observation perspective, with handheld framing tracking a herd rather than composed professional coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horned buffalo, dry grass, scattered acacia-like trees, pale soil, bright sky, shadowed brush, and handheld contact-sheet framing.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld motion typical of scanned 8mm travel or home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transitional beat within a sequence about African landscapes or animal movement.
Historical context: The frames show a herd moving through a dry, tree-dotted field, offering visual context for mid-century wildlife viewing without confirming a specific reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and wildlife-species labeling should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife footage, African buffalo herd home movie, savanna animals, and vintage Khartoum travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Sudan footage, then other 1969 Khartoum material, then broader vintage African wildlife or savanna herd clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a horned buffalo herd in a sunlit dry field with trees behind them. — A herd of horned buffalo gathers in a dry, tree-dotted field.

Handheld 1969 Sudan 8mm frame with a buffalo herd moving through a bright savanna field. — The herd shifts across the field under bright sun.

Vintage 8mm frame from Sudan showing horned buffalo clustered near tree shade in dry grass. — Buffalo cluster near the shade of low trees.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing one buffalo walking across a dry field near trees, with others partly visible. — A lone buffalo walks across the foreground near scattered trees.

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