Khartoum Sudan-1969: A Man Walks Past Thatched Huts in a Desert Village

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

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A Man Walks Past Thatched Huts in a Desert Village — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a desolate desert landscape under a deep blue sky. A man in simple clothing walks across the arid terrain, passing traditional thatched huts made of straw and wood. The grainy, color-graded film shows a remote settlement with sparse vegetation and a dry, sandy ground. The camera appears to be moving, possibly from a vehicle, offering a fleeting glimpse of daily life in a rural Sudanese village. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, with natural lighting and a slightly faded color palette typical of home movies from the era.

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: 122681221

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Sudan or Northeast African rural-life requests needing brief 8mm home-movie inserts for documentary, museum, education, or editorial context.
Period detail: The 1969 metadata and visible thatched huts, sparse ground, simple clothing, and muted reversal-film color may show a rural settlement near Khartoum in the late 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passing-view quality, likely filmed from a moving vehicle as a man crosses the frame and huts slide by in the distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include straw-covered huts, arid sandy ground, a deep blue sky, sparse low vegetation, a walking man, and dark film-frame dividers from the scan.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, faded color, and gate-edge shadows that contribute to its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, transition beat, or memory insert for rural Sudan, travel, settlement, or everyday-life sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a small thatched-hut settlement in a dry open landscape, but it should not be used to imply specific events or social conditions without research.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and cultural-context review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Khartoum 8mm village huts, Sudan home movie desert settlement, rural Sudan thatched huts, and vintage African travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Khartoum or Sudan 1969 clips, then broader 1960s rural settlement or desert travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum-area home-movie frame showing a man walking past straw-covered huts on dry open ground. — A man crosses the arid foreground near thatched huts in the distance.

Distant figure stands or walks near a straw-covered hut in 1969 Khartoum home-movie footage. — A distant figure appears beside a thatched hut on an open dry rise.

Two straw-covered huts stand on dry terrain in a 1969 Khartoum-area home-movie frame. — Two thatched huts occupy the ridge line with sparse ground in front.

Thatched huts sit on dry ground near a dark foreground band in 1969 Khartoum home-movie footage. — Thatched huts pass through frame beyond dry terrain and a dark foreground band.

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