Sudan-1969: Herd Of Camels Drinking From Waterhole On A Clear Day

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Herd Of Camels Drinking From Waterhole On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of camels at a waterhole in Sudan. The camels drink and wade through the shallow water, surrounded by lush green trees and a sandy bank. The footage shows natural movement and behavior, with the animals clustered near the water's edge under a clear day. The image has a distinct 1960s home movie quality with soft focus, film grain, and a slightly faded color palette, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127548408

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: Sudan 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 Sudan home-movie footage of camels at a waterhole supports documentary, museum, education, or editorial requests for rural animal and landscape cutaways from the late 1960s.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, soft focus, and handheld framing indicate a late-1960s amateur travel-film record, while the visible scene shows camels drinking beside a tree-lined watercourse.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's view, watching the herd pause, drink, and move through shallow water without visible direction or performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include camels, shallow brown water, a sandy bank, green riverside trees, exposed roots, low scrub, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture with visible grain, slight softness, muted color, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges from the scanned film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, travel insert, environmental transition, or quiet memory beat within a sequence about Sudan, pastoral movement, or desert-edge water sources.
Historical context: The scene documents camels gathered at a natural water source in Sudan, offering visual context for animal movement and water access without identifying a specific community or site.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status, source permissions, and any location-specific sensitivities before publication.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1969 Sudan 8mm camels, vintage home movie camel herd waterhole, Sudan animal footage, and camels drinking archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Sudan 1969 travel scenes, and then broader archival clips of camels, waterholes, pastoral animals, or East African landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing several camels gathered at a shallow waterhole with trees and exposed roots along the far bank. — Camels drink and stand in shallow water near a tree-lined bank.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with camels wading and drinking at a waterhole, framed by green vegetation and a muddy riverbank. — A small herd of camels wades along the water's edge.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing camels clustered at a waterhole, with one camel separated to the right and dense trees behind. — Camels cluster in the water while another stands apart near the bank.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a camel herd at a waterhole, with foreground scrub, a sandy edge, and a wooded bank across the water. — The herd stands near the waterline with scrub and trees framing the scene.

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