Khartoum Sudan-1969: Two Pelicans Swimming on Quiet Pond

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

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Two Pelicans Swimming on Quiet Pond — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 shows two white pelicans swimming calmly on a quiet pond. The scene is framed by dense palm trees and lush greenery along the water's edge under a bright, sunny sky. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and soft focus typical of amateur Super 8 footage from the late 1960s. The pelicans glide smoothly across the water, creating gentle ripples, capturing a peaceful moment of wildlife in a tropical setting. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into Sudanese nature during the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122681597

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 requests needing late-1960s 8mm wildlife atmosphere from Khartoum, Sudan, as a calm nature insert for documentary, museum, education, or period travel sequences.
Period detail: The visible palm-lined pond, soft color, and amateur 8mm framing support a late-1960s home-movie setting, with no identifiable landmark visible in these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer quality, lingering on two pelicans from across the water rather than arranging the scene for formal wildlife photography.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two white pelicans, rippling pond water, palm fronds, dense bank vegetation, bright sun on the birds, and dark vertical frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage shows gentle 8mm grain, soft focus, warm faded color, mild exposure bloom on the white birds, and a steady but informal home-movie composition.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, travel-memory beat, nature insert, or visual pause between broader scenes of Sudan or late-1960s home-movie material.
Historical context: The scene records leisure-observer wildlife footage in a green waterside setting, offering visual context for a quiet outdoor environment in Khartoum without broader social claims.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, location claims, and wildlife identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 Khartoum 8mm pelicans, Sudan home movie wildlife, white pelicans swimming pond, palm-lined waterway, and 1960s travel nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Khartoum 1969 material, then Sudan travel footage, palm-lined waterside scenes, or archival wildlife cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two white pelicans swim across a palm-lined pond in 1969 Khartoum home-movie footage, with bright sun on the birds and soft 8mm color. — Two pelicans glide across the pond near dense palms and waterside vegetation.

A pair of pelicans move through rippling pond water in Khartoum, Sudan, with palms and dense greenery visible behind them. — Pelicans swim in profile as ripples spread across the shaded pond.

Two white pelicans float near the center of a quiet pond, framed by palm trees and dense waterside vegetation in 1969 Khartoum footage. — The birds drift near the middle of the pond under bright sunlight.

The pelicans swim close together on reflective pond water, with shaded palms and dense greenery behind them in the Khartoum home-movie scene. — The pair gathers close together while swimming past the shadowed bank.

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