Khartoum Sudan-1969: A Flock Of White Birds Flying Over A Body Of Water

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

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A Flock Of White Birds Flying Over A Body Of Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a flock of white birds, likely flamingos, in flight over a body of water. The grainy, slightly blurry Super 8 film shows the birds moving across a blue sky above a distant shoreline with green and brown vegetation. The footage has a distinct retro aesthetic with faded colors and film grain, offering authentic archival wildlife footage from the late 1960s.

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: 122681156

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: 1969 Khartoum 8mm wildlife footage suited for documentary inserts needing African wetland birds, open water, and late-1960s home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The footage shows 8mm color grain, soft focus, and faded blue-green tones consistent with the stated 1969 home-movie source, with no visible modern objects for dating.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or resident filming a flock passing over water from a fixed shoreline vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark blue body of water, low grassy shoreline, pale sky, white birds in flight, distant vegetation, and black film-frame edges.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm texture through coarse grain, soft handheld framing, mild blur, faded color, and visible contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, quiet location insert, travel transition, or reflective memory beat within Sudan or Nile-region sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a bird flock over water near Khartoum as seen through private 1969 home-movie footage, without visible people, buildings, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species, exact water body, location details, and copyright status should be verified before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Khartoum 8mm birds over water, Sudan home movie wildlife, flock of white birds in flight, and vintage African shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Khartoum or Sudan footage, then broader 1960s home-movie wildlife and waterway material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing white birds over water with a low vegetated shoreline and pale blue sky. — A few white birds pass above a distant shoreline across dark blue water.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame with a small flock of white birds crossing above water and low shoreline vegetation. — Several white birds fly in a loose group over the shoreline and water.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing white birds flying across a soft blue sky above dark water and a low green-brown shore. — The flock moves across the frame above the waterline and distant vegetation.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame with a larger flock of white birds spread across the sky over water and low shoreline vegetation. — A wider group of birds spreads across the sky above the shoreline.

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