Khartoum Sudan-1969: A Giraffe Stands Alone in the African Savanna

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

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A Giraffe Stands Alone in the African Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a solitary giraffe standing in a dry African savanna. The giraffe, with its distinctive brown and cream patterned coat, stands alert against a hazy purple sky, its long neck extended as it surveys the landscape. Sparse acacia trees dot the arid terrain, with distant mountains visible on the horizon. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural light, conveying a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century wildlife observation.

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: 122677899

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 wildlife, travel, or natural-history productions needing a brief 8mm Sudan savanna cutaway with a solitary giraffe.
Period detail: The 1969 metadata and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s home-movie reading, while the frames show no dated signs beyond the film texture and travel-film composition.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet, observational feel of a traveler or visitor filming wildlife from a distance without staging or narration.
What appears in frame: A lone giraffe, dry grass, scattered acacia-like trees, hazy hills, pale sky, and dark contact-print edges are visible across the frames.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, warm color drift, slight exposure variation, and steady amateur framing give the shot a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, geographic transition, contemplative cutaway, or memory beat within a 1960s Africa travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually records mid-century amateur wildlife observation near Khartoum, with the giraffe framed against arid savanna and distant hills.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or animal-access permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm giraffe footage, Khartoum wildlife home movie, vintage African savanna, and solitary giraffe cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Sudan travel shots, then other Khartoum 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savanna footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm footage from Khartoum, Sudan, showing a solitary giraffe standing alert in dry savanna with distant hills. — A lone giraffe stands in dry grass beneath a hazy sky, with scattered trees and hills in the distance.

1969 Khartoum, Sudan frame of a giraffe standing side-on in arid grassland with brush, hills, and visible 8mm frame edges. — The giraffe remains alone in the savanna, framed by brush, distant hills, and soft 8mm color.

A solitary giraffe in 1969 8mm Sudan footage stands among dry grass, with a tree branch overhead and hills in the background. — The giraffe stands still in tall dry grass as branches and a muted horizon frame the background.

Khartoum, Sudan 1969 8mm frame showing a giraffe standing alone near trees in dry savanna with a hazy hill horizon. — The shot ends with the giraffe standing alert near sparse trees, backed by dry grassland and low hills.

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