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Khartoum Sudan-1969: Flamingos and Pelican in Shallow Water

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Flamingos and Pelican in Shallow Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a serene natural scene. A flock of flamingos with long legs wades through shallow blue water along a sandy shoreline, their pink and white plumage contrasting against the arid dunes and sparse green vegetation. A large white pelican swims among the birds, adding to the wildlife spectacle. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly soft focus, with a dark border framing the shot. The camera remains mostly static, observing the birds as they move slowly across the water's edge under a clear blue sky. This authentic archival clip evokes nostalgia and offers a glimpse into 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
122681085

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

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

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Topics & Keywords

  • sea
  • birds
  • family
  • swimming
  • long legs
  • flamingos
  • going
  • animals
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  • 1969
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  • Sudan flamingos
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • archival bird footage
  • flamingo flock
  • pelican in water
  • desert shoreline
  • 1960s home movie
  • retro wildlife
  • African wildlife
  • vintage film grain
  • nostalgic footage
  • historical footage
  • documentary footage
  • nature documentary
  • vintage travel footage
  • 8mm film
  • vintage archival

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s Sudan wildlife, Nile-area birdlife, or travel-home-movie requests needing a brief observational cutaway of flamingos and a pelican on shallow water.
Period detail
The 1969 date is metadata-supported, while the visible period clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft focus, contact-frame borders, and home-movie framing rather than built structures or clothing.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the feel of a traveler or family filmer pausing to watch birds from across the water, with no staging, narration, or human interaction visible.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include flamingos along a sandy shoreline, a white pelican on blue water, low dunes, sparse vegetation, clear sky, rippled water, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage shows 8mm grain, slight softness, modest color shift, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a calm wildlife insert, geographic transition, travel-memory beat, or archival cutaway between Sudan journey scenes.
Historical context
The scene documents a quiet waterside bird habitat near Khartoum as represented in home-movie footage, without visible urban context or identifiable people.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but wildlife location, clip copyright, and any production-specific use should still be reviewed before licensing.
Research search match
Likely researcher searches include 1969 Khartoum home movie flamingos, Sudan 8mm wildlife footage, pelican on shallow water, and vintage Nile birdlife.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Khartoum or Sudan 1969 material, and then broader 1960s wildlife, riverbank, and travel-home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum home-movie frame showing flamingos in shallow water, a white pelican, sandy dunes, sparse vegetation, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Flamingos and a pelican gather along a sandy waterside edge.
1969 Khartoum footage frame with flamingos spread across the shoreline and a pelican on rippled blue water under a clear sky.
Flamingos stand along the far shore as a pelican floats nearby.
1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing fewer flamingos near a sandy bank, a pelican on blue water, pale dunes, and sparse plants.
Birds remain clustered along the waterline in a static home-movie view.
Late frame from the 1969 Khartoum clip with scattered pale birds on the far shoreline, blue water in the foreground, dunes, and sparse vegetation.
The flock thins in view as the water and sandy shore fill the frame.

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