Sudan-1969: Maasai Man in Red Shuka with Spear

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Maasai Man in Red Shuka with Spear — Clip Details

SUDAN-1969: A lone Maasai man stands in a dry, arid landscape under harsh sunlight, wearing traditional red shuka cloth wrapped around his waist and beaded necklaces. His shaved head and ceremonial posture suggest cultural significance, with a spear held upright. The 8mm film captures the dusty terrain, sparse scrub, and natural light of the African plains, offering authentic archival footage of indigenous life. The grainy texture and color saturation reflect the era's home movie aesthetic.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127549284

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for a solitary traditionally dressed African man in an arid landscape.
Period detail: The red wrapped cloth, bead necklaces, upright spear, and 8mm color stock may show late-1960s visitor-filmed ethnographic travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The subject stands calmly for the camera in direct sun, giving the shot the still, observational quality of a brief travel encounter.
What appears in frame: A lone man, red wrapped cloth, bead necklaces, upright spear, bare dry ground, sparse scrub, strong shadows, and visible film-frame borders appear across the frames.
Film character: The clip has coarse 8mm grain, high-contrast sunlight, saturated reds, soft focus, and contact-print framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cultural observation cutaway, travel-memory beat, or visual bridge within material on East African or Sudan-labeled archival footage.
Historical context: The footage presents a posed encounter between a camera holder and a traditionally dressed man, but the frames alone do not verify ethnicity, exact place, or ceremony.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness and cultural-context review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-format checks.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1960s 8mm Sudan travel footage, lone African man with spear, red shuka, bead necklaces, arid landscape, or home-movie ethnographic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Sudan 1969 footage, then with broader arid-landscape or traditional-dress African travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan-labeled 8mm frame showing a lone adult man in red wrapped cloth, bead necklaces, and a spear in an arid landscape. — A solitary man stands in harsh sun with a spear and red wrapped cloth.

Sudan-labeled 1969 home-movie frame of a front-facing adult man in red cloth and necklaces holding or standing beside an upright spear. — The man remains still, facing the camera in a dry open setting.

1969 Sudan-labeled 8mm frame with a full-body view of a lone adult man in red wrapped cloth, jewelry, and spear on dusty terrain. — A wider frame shows the figure from head to feet against sparse scrub.

Closer Sudan-labeled 1969 8mm frame showing the adult man's face, shaved head, necklaces, earring, and spear against scrubland. — A closer shot emphasizes the man’s face, jewelry, and the upright spear beside him.

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