Sudan-1969: African Buffalo Herd in Savanna

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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African Buffalo Herd in Savanna — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of African buffalo in their natural habitat in Sudan. The footage shows the large, dark-horned animals walking and standing in a grassy savanna with scattered acacia trees under a bright blue sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in the late 1960s. The camera remains mostly static, observing the animals as they move across the frame, with some individuals turning to face the lens. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects about African wildlife.

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: 127549194

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 requests needing 1960s Sudan home-movie wildlife footage as a documentary cutaway or historical natural-history insert.
Period detail: The visible 8mm color, soft focus, and contact-print look support a late-1960s home-movie feel, with no visible buildings, vehicles, or landmarks to narrow place beyond the supplied Sudan metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer perspective, holding on buffalo at a distance as they walk, stand, and graze in open bush.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include African buffalo, curved horns, pale dry ground, scrub grass, scattered trees, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries visible grain, faded color, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability typical of small-gauge physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, savanna cutaway, or transition within a Sudan or African wildlife sequence.
Historical context: The frames show buffalo in open bush habitat and offer visual context for wildlife observation in archival travel or home-movie footage without making conservation or event claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any wildlife-location sensitivities for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife, African buffalo home movie, vintage savanna animals, and archival bush footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Sudan 1969 material, then comparable vintage African wildlife or savanna home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a small herd of African buffalo in open bush with scrub trees and pale ground. — Buffalo gather and move through open bushland with trees in the background.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with buffalo crossing a dry clearing while one horned animal stands near the right side. — A buffalo stands apart as others pass through the scrubby clearing.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a single African buffalo standing in open grass with brush and trees behind it. — A lone buffalo pauses in the open with brush and trees beyond.

A single buffalo stands in profile near scrub vegetation.

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