Khartoum Sudan-1969: Bird Perches On Top Of Palm Tree To Display Itself

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

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Bird Perches On Top Of Palm Tree To Display Itself — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a large bird, likely a cormorant or similar waterfowl, perched atop a dried palm tree against a dusky purple sky. The bird spreads its wings in a display posture, then shifts its position, showcasing natural wildlife behavior in a desert environment. The grainy, slightly blurred image with visible film edges and soft focus is characteristic of amateur Super 8 footage from the late 1960s. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of Sudanese wildlife and everyday life.

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: 122681497

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: Useful for 1960s Sudan wildlife requests needing a brief 8mm cutaway of a large bird perched on a palm against open sky.
Period detail: The visible period evidence is mainly the soft 8mm home-movie color, grain, gate edges, and handheld framing, with 1969 Khartoum supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of an unstaged traveler or resident noticing a bird display from a distance and holding the shot briefly.
What appears in frame: A large dark bird, dried palm crown, small green palm fronds, dusky purple-blue sky, soft focus, grain, and black film-frame edges are visible.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, slight blur, muted color, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, location cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within Sudan or desert-environment material.
Historical context: The scene may show everyday urban or riverside wildlife around Khartoum, but the frames do not identify a specific landmark or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though species identification and copyright clearance should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Khartoum 8mm bird on palm, Sudan wildlife home movie, vintage desert bird display, or archival palm tree cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Sudan footage, then other 1969 Khartoum material, then broader African wildlife or palm landscape inserts.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing a large dark bird on top of a dried palm, with wings partly spread against open sky. — A large bird perches on a dried palm crown with wings held open.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame with a perched bird centered on a dried palm crown, seen through soft focus and visible film edges. — The bird holds its position on the palm top beneath the open sky.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing the bird raising its wings while perched on a dried palm crown against a dusky sky. — The bird raises its wings while perched above the dry palm leaves.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing the large bird shifting on the palm crown, partly side-on against the purple-blue sky. — The bird shifts its posture on the palm crown near the end of the shot.

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