Sudan-1969: Herd Of Black Wildebeests Walking Through Field On A Sunny Day

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Herd Of Black Wildebeests Walking Through Field On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of black wildebeests in a sun-drenched African savanna. The animals move across a dry, grassy field with scattered acacia trees under a clear blue sky. The footage shows the herd gathering near a muddy waterhole, with some wildebeests standing alert while others walk through the shallow water. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and natural camera movement evoke a nostalgic, authentic feel of a classic wildlife documentary from the late 1960s.

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: 127549230

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Sudan wildlife home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts, archive research, museum education, or period travel sequences needing real 8mm savanna animal material.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm color footage with dry grassland, scattered trees, and a herd of horned wildebeest, consistent with the supplied 1969 Sudan metadata but without visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational visitor-shot quality, with a handheld camera watching the herd from a distance rather than staging or controlling the animal behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black wildebeest, curved horns, dry grass, pale sandy ground, scattered acacia-like trees, blue sky, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage carries a 1960s 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, faded color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement that support its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, environmental transition, or period establishing beat within a larger African journey or nature sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents tourist or amateur wildlife filming in a dry East African landscape, with animal movement and habitat detail but no people or built environment visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the provided frames, though wildlife identification, location attribution, and copyright status should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife footage, vintage home movie wildebeest herd, African savanna animals, and black wildebeest walking in dry field.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Sudan 1969 travel or wildlife clips, then with broader vintage African savanna animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a lone horned wildebeest standing on pale dry ground near scrub and trees. — A wildebeest stands apart from the herd in a dry savanna setting.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with several wildebeest spread across a dry savanna field under bright daylight. — Several wildebeest gather and move slowly across open dry ground.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a softly focused wildebeest herd moving across dry grass and sandy ground. — The herd crosses the frame as the handheld camera records from a distance.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a clustered wildebeest herd near scrub trees and pale dry ground. — A larger group of wildebeest stands together near the edge of the trees.

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