Kenya-1969: Man in Sunglasses Gazing at Landscape Smoking

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Man in Sunglasses Gazing at Landscape Smoking — Clip Details

A man in dark sunglasses and a collared shirt stands silhouetted against a vast, sun-drenched landscape in Kenya, 1969. He holds a cigarette, exhaling smoke as he gazes out over the open terrain. The 8mm film captures the scene with rich, saturated purples and blues in the sky, characteristic of vintage Super 8 color film. The shot is steady, focusing on the man's contemplative posture and the expansive natural setting, evoking a sense of quiet reflection and mid-century travel.

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: 125063515

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Useful for 1960s Kenya travel, expatriate, or observational documentary edits needing a quiet human figure against an open landscape.
Period detail: The collared shirt, dark sunglasses, cigarette, and 8mm color stock may show late-1960s leisure or travel-era styling without identifying the man or exact site.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears unposed or casually aware of the camera, pausing to smoke while looking across the terrain from a visitor-shot vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted adult man, dark sunglasses, cigarette, collared shirt, broad sky, distant hills, open landscape, and heavy frame borders.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, silhouetted exposure, cool purple-blue color shift, and contact-sheet framing that emphasize its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, travel-memory insert, landscape transition, or pause between broader Kenya location scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually places a lone adult traveler or observer in a rural-looking Kenyan landscape, but it does not identify his role, nationality, or the exact setting.
Research note: A recognizable adult face may be partially visible in profile, so likeness review may be needed even where copyright and location issues are separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm travel footage, man smoking in sunglasses, silhouetted landscape observer, and vintage East Africa home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 landscape or travel footage, then broader themes of smoking, observation, and open terrain.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Kenya footage, a man in dark sunglasses stands in silhouette with his back partly to the camera, looking over open terrain. — A man stands near the camera in silhouette, looking across a distant landscape.

The man turns toward profile, cigarette visible, with the horizon behind him.

A silhouetted man in sunglasses and a collared shirt holds a cigarette while standing before a hazy Kenyan landscape in 1969 footage. — The figure remains in profile, dark against the pale sky and distant terrain.

A side view shows the man with sunglasses and a cigarette, his shirt catching light as he faces across the Kenya landscape. — The man stands side-on, partially lit, with open land stretching behind him.

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