Khartoum Sudan-1969: A Group Of Pelicans Swimming On A Lake Covered With Palm Trees

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

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A Group Of Pelicans Swimming On A Lake Covered With Palm... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 shows a group of pelicans swimming calmly on a river or lake. The birds glide through the water beneath a dense canopy of palm trees draped with long, hanging fronds, creating a lush, tropical atmosphere. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and warm, faded colors characteristic of 1960s amateur footage. The camera remains mostly static, capturing the serene wildlife scene in a nostalgic, archival style.

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: 122681559

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 to documentary inserts, travel context, and period environmental cutaways.
Period detail: The palm-lined water and faded 8mm color may show late-1960s amateur travel footage in Khartoum, as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes quietly from a visitor's distance, holding on pelicans moving through shade without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pelicans on water, drooping palm fronds, trunks or dark foreground edges, reflected light, and soft shoreline vegetation.
Film character: The clip has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld or camera-motion blur typical of amateur 8mm footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transitional insert between Sudan location scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers a non-urban view of Khartoum-area leisure or travel observation, limited to birds, water, and dense palm vegetation.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and wildlife context still need normal review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 Khartoum 8mm pelicans, Sudan home movie wildlife, palm-lined lake footage, and vintage travel birds on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Sudan material, then other Khartoum 1969 clips, then broader 1960s wildlife or tropical waterway footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing pelicans on calm water under dense hanging palm foliage. — Pelicans drift beneath palm fronds on a shaded body of water.

Pelicans gather on a Khartoum waterway beneath drooping palm fronds in warm 1969 8mm color. — A clustered group of pelicans floats near overhanging palm vegetation.

Khartoum 1969 home-movie frame with palm trunks in front and pelicans visible on the water beyond. — Foreground palm trunks and fronds partly frame pelicans on the water.

Soft 8mm frame from Khartoum showing pelicans on open water below dense palm foliage and shoreline growth. — Pelicans pass through a soft-focus view of water and heavy palm cover.

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