Sudan-1969: Herd of African Buffalo Grazing in Savanna Landscape

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Herd of African Buffalo Grazing in Savanna Landscape — Clip Details

SUDAN-1969: A herd of African buffalo grazes in a sun-drenched savanna, their dark forms moving across the grassy plain under a bright blue sky. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animals in their natural habitat, with acacia trees and distant hills forming a classic East African landscape. The grainy texture and slightly faded colors reflect the vintage home movie aesthetic, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife in Sudan during 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127549081

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: 1960s Sudan wildlife footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing African buffalo in a savanna setting.
Period detail: The scene shows 8mm-era color home-movie footage, with no visible buildings, vehicles, signage, or clothing to independently date it beyond the supplied 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herd from a distant, visitor-like position, holding on the animals as they graze and shift across the grassland.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include African buffalo, dry grass, acacia-like trees, pale bare ground, low brush, distant hills, blue sky, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color fading, and slight handheld instability that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, ecological transition, or quiet establishing beat within a 1960s Africa sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for wildlife viewing in Sudan in the late 1960s, limited to an open savanna landscape and grazing buffalo.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify source copyright, wildlife-use context, and any production-specific clearance needs.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 Sudan buffalo footage, 8mm African wildlife home movie, savanna grazing herd, and vintage East Africa animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Sudan 1969 travel footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savanna landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan home-movie frame showing African buffalo grazing in an open savanna with dry grass, trees, and distant hills. — A small buffalo herd grazes across open grassland with trees and hills in the background.

1969 Sudan footage frame with multiple African buffalo spread across a grassy savanna under a clear blue sky. — Buffalo move through a bright savanna clearing bordered by trees and brush.

1969 Sudan home-movie frame showing buffalo clustered near trees and brush, including one horned animal facing the camera. — Several buffalo gather near the edge of the brush while others graze nearby.

1969 Sudan frame showing African buffalo standing and grazing in a savanna clearing with scattered trees behind them. — Buffalo stand in a loose group across the clearing, framed by grass and low trees.

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