South Africa-1969: Rhinoceros Standing Alone in Grassy Field

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSouth Africa
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

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Rhinoceros Standing Alone in Grassy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a rhinoceros standing in a dry, grassy field in South Africa. The animal, with its thick grey hide and prominent horn, is seen in profile against a backdrop of sparse shrubs and trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight camera shake, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife from a bygone era. The rhino remains mostly still before turning slightly, with the final frame showing motion blur as it moves out of frame. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, and nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127486421

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: South Africa 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 requests seeking 1960s South African wildlife footage, especially documentary inserts or historical nature cutaways showing a rhinoceros in a dry field.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie texture, natural handheld framing, and dated metadata placing the wildlife scene in South Africa in 1969.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, with the camera observing the rhino from a distance as it stands and shifts slightly in scrubby grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a single rhinoceros, dry grass, scattered shrubs, pale branches, dark trees, open ground, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm film look with visible grain, muted color, slight handheld shake, and mild motion blur in the final frame.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, conservation context beat, or transitional shot within a South Africa or safari sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a mid-century home-movie view of African wildlife, showing a rhinoceros in a dry natural setting without visible people, vehicles, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status, source permissions, and any wildlife-location sensitivities before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 South Africa 8mm rhinoceros footage, vintage safari home movie, rhino in grass field, or archival African wildlife clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel safari material, then South Africa 1969 wildlife clips, then broader vintage rhinoceros or African nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A rhinoceros stands in profile among dry grass and scrub.

The rhino remains still near low vegetation in the field.

The rhinoceros stands close to scrubby vegetation in this 1969 South Africa 8mm frame, with dry grass and dark trees behind it. — The animal is partly framed by brush and dry grass.

A motion-blurred 1969 South Africa frame shows the rhinoceros shifting near shrubs, with the animal partly cropped at the right edge. — Motion blur catches the rhino as it moves near the edge of frame.

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