Sudan-1969: Giraffe And Buffalo Herd In The Wild

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Giraffe And Buffalo Herd In The Wild — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a giraffe browsing in the African savanna, followed by a herd of buffalo moving across a grassy plain. The footage shows acacia trees, distant mountains, and a bright blue sky, with the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 film. The sequence offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in Sudan, with natural movement and a slightly shaky, observational camera style.

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: 127549040

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: Useful for 1960s wildlife or travel-film requests needing brief editorial footage of African savanna buffalo in Sudan from an 8mm home-movie source.
Period detail: The frames show a handheld color 8mm view with saturated sky, soft focus, and wild buffalo on open grassland, with the 1969 Sudan dating supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herd from a distance without staging, holding a tourist or traveler perspective as animals move slowly across the plain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include buffalo, dry grass, pale sandy ground, low shrubs, scattered acacia-like trees, blue sky, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The clip has home-movie film grain, soft registration, uneven exposure, mild blur, and saturated color that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transitional beat within a sequence about African landscapes or animal movement.
Historical context: The footage documents a private 1969 view of large wild animals in an open Sudanese landscape, without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or named landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status, filming permissions, species identification, and location specificity should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife, vintage home movie buffalo herd, African savanna archival footage, or retro travel film animals may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Sudan 1969 wildlife footage, then broader 1960s African savanna or animal herd material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing buffalo crossing a grassy savanna area with low shrubs and scattered trees beyond. — Buffalo move across open grassland in a distant handheld wildlife view.

1969 Sudan home-movie frame with buffalo spread across a dry grassy plain under a bright blue sky. — A small group of buffalo crosses the plain as the camera holds at a distance.

Soft 1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing buffalo moving through open grassland with low vegetation in the background. — Buffalo pass through the frame in a slightly blurred handheld shot.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing buffalo on open savanna grassland, with brush and trees filling the distant background. — Buffalo are spaced across the grassland near the end of the short wildlife shot.

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