Khartoum Sudan-1969: Bird Wading in Pond with Reflection Amid Reeds

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

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Bird Wading in Pond with Reflection Amid Reeds — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a white bird with black markings wading in a calm pond. The bird, likely a stilt or similar wader, moves slowly along the water's edge, its reflection visible in the still surface. The scene is framed by natural vegetation, including palm fronds and dry reeds, under bright daylight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic wildlife moment offers a rare glimpse of Sudanese nature from the late 1960s.

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: 122681640

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 1960s Sudan 8mm wildlife atmosphere, especially documentary cutaways, nature inserts, or travel-history context around Khartoum.
Period detail: The visible detail is mainly natural reeds, pond water, and a wading bird, with the 1969 Khartoum attribution supported by clip metadata rather than frame-specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The shot has an observational home-movie quality, holding on a small bird at the water's edge without staging or visible human intervention.
What appears in frame: Across the frames are a white wading bird, dark wing markings, a mirrored reflection, still pond water, a muddy bank, dry reeds, and green vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, mild handheld drift, visible grain, color aging, and slight motion blur that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, environmental insert, transition, or contemplative memory beat within Sudan travel or natural-history material.
Historical context: The clip offers a brief view of waterside habitat near Khartoum in the late 1960s, without visible people, buildings, signage, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and location attribution should be checked against reel notes and source documentation.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Khartoum 8mm bird pond, Sudan home movie wildlife, white wader reflection, reeds and water archive footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Khartoum material, then Sudan wildlife, pond, riverbank, or reeds footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

White wading bird with dark markings stands near reflective pond water in 1969 Khartoum home-movie footage. — A white wading bird pauses at the pond edge, reflected in the still water.

White bird with dark markings wades along a reed-lined pond edge in Khartoum, Sudan, according to clip metadata. — The bird moves slowly along the far bank, mirrored on the pond surface.

Small white wading bird appears at the pond edge, with dry reeds and a softened 8mm home-movie look. — A small bird stands at the waterline beneath dry reeds and vegetation.

White wading bird remains near the pond edge, framed by reeds and reflective water in the 1969 Sudan clip. — The bird remains near the bank as ripples soften its reflection in the pond.

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