Khartoum Sudan-1969: African Dance Ritual on Beach with Group Performing Traditional Ceremony

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

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African Dance Ritual on Beach with Group Performing... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a traditional African dance ritual on a sandy beach with the water in the background. A group of men, many shirtless and wearing patterned headwraps and loincloths, perform synchronized movements in a circle. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and a handheld camera perspective, conveying an authentic, unscripted moment of cultural expression. The scene suggests a communal gathering, possibly a family or tribal ceremony, with participants engaged in rhythmic motion under bright daylight.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 122680134

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

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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: 1960s Sudan home-movie footage suited to editorial requests for communal dance, cultural gathering, and coastal or riverside outdoor ceremony scenes.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, headwraps, cloth garments, and handheld filming style support a late-1960s travel or home-movie context in Sudan.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from within or just behind the group, preserving an unstaged circle of participants moving together in bright daylight.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include shirtless men, headwraps, wrapped cloths, sandy ground, blue water, distant low hills, a dance circle, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld drift that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cultural context cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a sequence on Sudan or communal performance.
Historical context: The footage shows a group gathering outdoors by water, with participants arranged in a circle and moving in what appears to be a traditional dance or ceremony.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness, cultural sensitivity, and contextual identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Sudan 8mm dance footage, Khartoum home movie ceremony, African group dance by water, and vintage Sudan cultural gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other Sudan 1969 footage, and then with broader archival scenes of communal dance or outdoor ceremony.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing men gathered in a dance circle on sand with water and distant hills behind them. — A group of men gathers in a circle on a sandy shoreline during an outdoor dance or ceremony.

1969 Sudan home-movie frame of men in headwraps and cloth garments standing in a loose circle near water. — Participants stand and move together in a loose circle beside the water.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a central participant within a circle of men during an outdoor dance or ceremony. — A central participant stands inside the circle as others watch and move around him.

1969 Sudan home-movie frame of men in a shoreline dance circle, with water and distant land visible beyond. — The circle continues as several participants bend or shift in coordinated movement.

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