Kenya-1969: Cape Buffalo And Lions In Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cape Buffalo And Lions In Savanna — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a large Cape buffalo standing in a dry, grassy savanna with dense shrubs. The footage then shifts to show two lions, a male with a prominent mane and a female, partially hidden in tall grass and behind a palm-like plant. The images exhibit the characteristic grain, color shift, and soft focus of 1960s home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife in its natural habitat.

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: 125063742

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Kenya Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya safari or wildlife archive requests needing brief 8mm views of Cape buffalo and lions in dry savanna habitat.
Period detail: The soft color, heavy grain, handheld framing, and 8mm source support a late-1960s home-movie safari context without visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing animals from a distance rather than presenting staged or narrated wildlife behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Cape buffalo, two lions, tall dry grass, dense shrubs, scattered trees, palm-like leaves, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through grain, muted color shift, soft focus, exposure variation, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, safari transition, natural-history cutaway, or period travel-memory beat.
Historical context: The clip shows tourist-era wildlife viewing in Kenya as represented by home-movie footage, with animals seen in open grass and scrub rather than a marked location.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible, but copyright, archive ownership, and wildlife-location identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya safari 8mm footage, Cape buffalo in savanna, lions in tall grass, and vintage African wildlife home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 safari material, then broader 1960s wildlife and savanna travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cape buffalo in 1969 Kenya safari footage standing in dry savanna grass with shrubs and trees behind it. — A Cape buffalo stands in dry grass near dense shrubland.

The buffalo remains in profile against a scrubby savanna background.

A lion, likely male, appears partly obscured in tall grass and foliage in 1969 Kenya safari footage. — A lion is partially hidden by tall savanna grass and nearby leaves.

Two lions in 1969 Kenya footage are partly concealed in tall grass, with a maned lion and another lion near palm-like leaves. — Two lions sit low in tall grass, partly obscured by vegetation.

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