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Kenya-1969: Two Cheetahs Walk Across a Vast Desert Landscape

$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.

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationKenya
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Two Cheetahs Walk Across a Vast Desert Landscape — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: This vintage 8mm home movie footage captures two cheetahs in a vast, sun-drenched African savanna. The spotted felines move across the dry, gravelly terrain, their distinctive coats and slender bodies clearly visible. Shot on 8mm film, the clip exhibits natural grain, slight color shifts, and a nostalgic quality, with one cheetah walking while the other briefly stands. The scene evokes a sense of wild freedom and archival wildlife observation from the late 1960s.

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
125063560

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports 1960s wildlife, Kenya, safari, and African savanna archive requests for documentary, museum, education, or editorial cutaway use.
Period detail
The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and visible frame artifacts may show late-1960s amateur travel filming rather than a controlled wildlife production.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming from a fixed or slightly handheld position as cheetahs move across open dry ground.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include spotted cheetahs, dry gravelly terrain, low scrub, long shadows, dark frame bars, and a wide open savanna horizon.
Film character
The footage carries 8mm grain, blue-purple color shift, soft exposure, and gate or contact-sheet banding that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, safari transition, African travel memory beat, or visual cutaway for predator movement in open terrain.
Historical context
The scene places cheetahs in a sparsely vegetated Kenyan landscape and reflects a traveler-style wildlife view without visible people, vehicles, or facilities.
Research note
No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any wildlife or location-use requirements for their project.
Research search match
Useful for searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm cheetahs, vintage safari wildlife footage, African savanna big cats, and home movie cheetah cutaway.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife material, then broader vintage safari or African savanna animal sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two cheetahs appear in 1969 Kenya 8mm footage, one walking and one upright on dry gravelly savanna terrain.
Two cheetahs are seen on open dry ground, partly divided by dark frame bars from the film scan.
In the Kenya 1969 home-movie frame, one cheetah walks rightward while another remains upright on open dry terrain.
One cheetah moves across the frame as another remains upright in the sparse savanna setting.
Two cheetahs are low to the ground in shadow within 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage, with open terrain behind them.
The cheetahs appear lower in the frame, partly shadowed against the dry open landscape.
The final 1969 Kenya frame shows cheetahs near the lower edge, partially darkened by shadow and film exposure shift.
Cheetahs remain visible near the bottom of the frame as the dry landscape fills the background.

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