Kenya-1969: Man In White Suit Crosses Street Between Vehicles Then Continues

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man In White Suit Crosses Street Between Vehicles Then... — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A man in a white suit walks across a street between a white and dark-colored bus and a station wagon on Kimathi Street. The 8mm home movie footage, shot at night, captures the scene with a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture. Pedestrians move along the sidewalk near a newsstand and palm trees, with a building sign reading 'ROBBIALAC' visible on the bus. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of urban life in 1960s Kenya.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125063203

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Kenya 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya documentary or commercial edits needing brief urban street life, pedestrian movement, and traffic seen from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show buses, a station wagon, street clothing, palm-lined sidewalks, and signage that may show period Nairobi commercial street detail.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged street crossing and sidewalk activity, with pedestrians and vehicles passing through the camera's brief elevated view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white buses, a station wagon, a man in a white suit, pedestrians, palm trunks, sidewalk shadows, a newsstand, and painted signage.
Film character: The 8mm footage has dense grain, soft focus, a purple-blue color cast, strong contrast, and handheld framing that give it clear home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for urban movement, traffic, and everyday public life in late-1960s Kenya.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for city street circulation, public transport, and pedestrian presence without identifying individuals or asserting a specific event.
Research note: People and readable commercial signage are visible, so copyright in the footage is separate from likeness, trademark, and contextual clearance review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm street scene, Nairobi traffic home movie, pedestrians crossing road, buses and station wagon, and East African urban footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Kenya street material, then other 1969 Kenya city views, then broader 1960s urban traffic and pedestrian cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya home-movie frame showing a white bus, station wagon, pedestrians, and palm-lined street shadows. — A bus and station wagon pass through a city street as pedestrians move along the sidewalk.

1969 Kenya street view with a man in a white suit crossing between vehicles and a bus marked ROBBIALAC. — A man in a white suit crosses the street between a station wagon and a bus.

1969 Kenya frame showing a street corner, newsstand, bus roof, pedestrians, and deep shadows from nearby trees or palms. — Pedestrians gather near a small newsstand as vehicles occupy the street edge.

1969 Kenya home-movie view of pedestrians near a bus, car, newsstand, and palm-lined sidewalk. — A bus, car, and pedestrians fill the frame around a palm-lined street corner.

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