Khartoum Sudan-1969: Man Photographing Countryside With Mountains In Background

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

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Man Photographing Countryside With Mountains In Background — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, 1969, showing a man in a light-colored striped shirt and dark trousers standing in a rugged, grassy field. He appears contemplative, holding a camera to his eye as he photographs the landscape. The scene transitions to a wide shot of a vast, arid terrain with distant mountains under a pale sky, capturing the raw beauty of the Sudanese countryside. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of 8mm footage, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and historical documentation.

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: 122677045

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Sudan home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about travel, landscape viewing, and amateur photography in an arid countryside setting.
Period detail: The clothing, small handheld camera posture, 8mm frame borders, and faded color may show a late-1960s personal travel film context supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A man pauses in rough grassland to photograph the view, giving the clip an unstaged observer perspective rather than a formal scenic record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with a camera, pale shirt, dark trousers, dry grasses, rocks, open terrain, distant mountains, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and black frame borders that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel memory beat, landscape transition, or cutaway linking a human observer to a wider countryside view.
Historical context: The footage visually places a traveler or resident in Sudanese countryside, but the frames do not identify a specific landmark or event.
Research note: A person is visible from a distance, so copyright, likeness, and any location-use questions should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1969 Sudan 8mm home movie, man photographing countryside, Khartoum travel footage, and arid mountains landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Khartoum or Sudan material, then broader amateur travel landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Sudan home-movie footage, a man in a light shirt stands among rocks and grasses while photographing the countryside. — A man pauses in rugged grassland to take a photograph of the surrounding countryside.

A man seen from behind holds a camera to his face in rugged Sudan countryside, with dry grasses and rocks around him. — Seen from behind, the man frames a photograph in the uneven grassy terrain.

The 8mm frame shows a man in a pale shirt photographing from a dry, rocky grassland area in Sudan. — The photographer remains focused on the landscape from a rough patch of grass and stone.

A wide 1969 Sudan landscape view shows arid ground and distant mountains, with part of the photographer visible near the lower edge. — The shot opens to a wider view of dry terrain and distant mountains under a pale sky.

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