Kenya-1969: Pair Of Cheetahs Walking In Tall Grass On A Bright Sunny Day

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Pair Of Cheetahs Walking In Tall Grass On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: Two cheetahs walk through tall grass in a vast savanna under a dramatic purple-tinged sky with large white clouds. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the animals moving from left to right across the frame, their spotted coats visible against the green and brown landscape. The distinctive color cast and film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival feel from the late 1960s, offering authentic wildlife footage for documentaries, historical projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 125063292

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Kenya wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts, natural-history context, or archival travel sequences needing cheetahs moving through open grassland.
Period detail: The frame may show late-1960s color 8mm travel footage, with no visible buildings, vehicles, signage, clothing, or landmarks to date the scene beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler filming wildlife at a distance, holding on the animals as they cross the grass rather than staging a composed wildlife shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two cheetahs, tall grass, a broad savanna horizon, bright cumulus clouds, purple-blue sky, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows strong grain, soft focus, purple color shift, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame division consistent with aged small-gauge film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, safari memory beat, landscape transition, or brief period insert within a Kenya travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for tourist-shot wildlife observation in open Kenyan grassland, without evidence of a specific park, expedition, or conservation event.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Kenya 8mm cheetahs, vintage safari home movie wildlife, cheetahs walking in grass, and archival East Africa savanna footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife clips, then broader vintage safari or African savanna animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Kenya 1969 8mm frame showing two cheetahs moving through tall grass under a purple-blue sky with large white clouds. — Two cheetahs cross open grassland beneath a bright clouded sky.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame with two cheetahs walking through grass across a broad savanna horizon and bright cloud formations. — The cheetahs continue across the grass with the horizon and clouds filling the background.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame showing the cheetahs near the lower edge of the frame, partly obscured by grass below a purple-tinted sky. — The animals remain low in the frame as the sky and grassland dominate the view.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame with two cheetahs partly visible at the bottom of the shot, set against dense grass and a bright clouded sky. — The cheetahs are partly cropped near the bottom as the grassland and clouds fill the frame.

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