Khartoum Sudan-1969: Birds Feasting On A Calm Pond On A Sunny Day

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

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Birds Feasting On A Calm Pond On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a serene natural scene. A white pelican glides across a calm pond, its reflection shimmering on the water's surface, surrounded by dense palm fronds and lush greenery. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched atmosphere. Later frames show a different bird, possibly a stilt, standing at the water's edge, its reflection mirrored in the still pond. The footage offers authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 122681615

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$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 nature footage suited for documentary cutaways, archival place-setting, or quiet environmental inserts.
Period detail: The visible period detail comes mainly from the 8mm home-movie color, soft focus, and handheld framing rather than identifiable architecture or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, observing birds on a pond from across the water without people or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white pelican or similar large waterbird, a slender wading bird, calm pond water, reflections, palm fronds, reeds, and a low bank.
Film character: The footage shows warm 8mm color, grain, soft exposure, slight motion blur, and contact-sheet scan artifacts that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm nature insert, transition beat, location texture, or reflective pause within a 1960s Sudan sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for waterside birdlife and greenery in Khartoum without showing people, buildings, or identifiable civic landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, collection provenance, location accuracy, and species identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 Khartoum 8mm bird pond footage, Sudan home movie waterbird, vintage pelican pond, and 1960s African nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Khartoum material, then broader 8mm pond, bird, and quiet nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing a white waterbird on a calm pond, backed by palms and reflected greenery. — A white waterbird moves across still pond water near dense palm growth.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame with a slender wading bird near the pond edge and a clear reflection on the water. — A small wading bird stands at the far edge of the pond with its reflection below.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing a white bird low near the pond surface, with reeds, bank, and mirrored water texture. — A white bird appears near the waterline in a soft, reflective pond view.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame with a small wading bird and its reflection against a still pond and reed-lined bank. — A wading bird stands near the far bank, mirrored in the calm pond surface.

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