Khartoum Sudan-1969: Water Buffalo Herd and Maasai Warrior in African Savanna

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

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Water Buffalo Herd and Maasai Warrior in African Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a dramatic encounter in the African savannah. The clip opens on a water buffalo herd grazing near bushes and trees, with one large buffalo turning to face the camera. The scene then shifts to a Maasai warrior standing in the dry bushland, wearing a vibrant orange shuka and holding a spear. The grainy, color-bleached film quality and natural lighting evoke a strong sense of historical authenticity and nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife and indigenous culture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122676572

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 8mm footage suited to documentary requests for African savanna wildlife, rural travel observation, and visitor-filmed cultural encounter material.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s travel-film clues through handheld 8mm color, natural light, dry bushland, a spear, and a bright orange wrap garment.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a visitor-shot perspective, moving from grazing buffalo to a standing man who appears aware of the camera rather than staged for formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include buffalo near trees, dry brush, a standing man in an orange wrap, a spear, bare ground, shrubs, and strong sun shadows.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, dark frame edges, and handheld framing that preserves the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife-to-human cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition between African landscape and cultural observation sequences.
Historical context: The frames show a dry savanna or bush setting where wildlife and a local man with a spear are filmed from a traveler’s vantage point.
Research note: People are visible, including a recognizable face, so likeness and cultural-sensitivity review may be needed in addition to copyright assessment.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 8mm Sudan travel footage, African buffalo herd home movie, and man with spear in dry bushland.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Khartoum or Sudan 1969 material, then African wildlife, travel, and rural cultural-observation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum, Sudan 8mm frame showing buffalo near trees and scrub in a dry savanna-like setting. — Buffalo pause near trees and brush in dry grassland.

1969 Khartoum, Sudan 8mm frame showing a standing man in an orange wrap holding a spear in dry bushland. — A man holding a spear stands in dry bushland.

1969 Khartoum, Sudan 8mm frame of a man in an orange wrap standing near thorny brush with a spear. — The standing figure is framed closer among dry shrubs.

1969 Khartoum, Sudan 8mm frame showing a man in an orange wrap facing the camera in dry scrub terrain. — The man faces the camera in a sunlit dry landscape.

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