Khartoum Sudan-1969: A Giraffe Swinging Its Tail Standing In An Open Grassland

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

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A Giraffe Swinging Its Tail Standing In An Open Grassland — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a majestic giraffe standing in an open African grassland. The animal, with its distinctive spotted coat, stands tall amidst scattered acacia trees under a hazy blue sky, its tail swinging gently. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, natural color saturation, and visible grain—framed by the dark borders of a projector. This authentic home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in the Sudanese savanna, perfect for historical documentaries, archival projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 122677956

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: Supports 1960s archive requests for East African wildlife, safari travel, conservation history, or home-movie inserts showing a giraffe in open grassland near Khartoum.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1960s travel footage through its 8mm color stock, soft handheld framing, contact-print borders, and a nonprofessional view of wildlife in open savanna.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the observational patience of a traveler or visitor filming a giraffe as it stands and moves its tail rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a giraffe, dry grassland, scattered acacia-like trees, distant low hills, blue sky, dark film borders, and a smaller animal or bird in the final frame.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through visible grain, softened focus, uneven exposure, muted color, slight frame weave, and dark projector or scan borders around the image.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, quiet transition, or establishing detail within a sequence about Sudan, safari travel, or African grasslands.
Historical context: The frames document a visitor-level view of wildlife and open grassland in Sudan without showing people, buildings, roads, signs, or other context that would identify a specific site.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status, source permissions, and any location or wildlife-use requirements for the production.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm giraffe footage, Khartoum wildlife home movie, vintage African grassland, giraffe tail movement, and 1960s safari travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Khartoum or Sudan footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife and travel home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum, Sudan 8mm frame showing a giraffe standing in dry grassland with scattered trees, distant hills, blue sky, and dark film borders. — A giraffe stands in open grassland with trees and low hills in the background.

The giraffe remains in profile in the grassland, framed by dark scan borders.

1969 Khartoum, Sudan 8mm frame showing the giraffe standing tall in open grass, with brush, distant hills, and soft home-movie color. — A tall giraffe stands still against grassland, brush, and distant hills.

1969 Khartoum, Sudan 8mm frame showing a small animal or bird at a distance in open grassland, with brush, low hills, and dark frame edges. — A distant small animal or bird appears in the grassland after the giraffe shot.

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