Sudan-1969: A Lone Giraffe In The Field

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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A Lone Giraffe In The Field — Clip Details

A lone giraffe stands tall in a sun-drenched African savanna, its distinctive spotted coat contrasting against the dry grass and scattered acacia trees. Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures the animal in a serene, natural setting with distant mountains under a hazy blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly faded quality, evoking a sense of nostalgia and archival authenticity. The giraffe remains mostly still, occasionally shifting its weight, offering a peaceful glimpse into wildlife from 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: 127549487

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: Useful for 1960s wildlife, African savanna, or home-movie travel sequences needing a brief non-human cutaway from 8mm footage.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1969 visitor-shot wildlife scene, with dry grassland, acacia-like trees, distant hills, and a lone giraffe visible in a natural setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the observational quality of a traveler pausing on a single animal rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: A giraffe, dry field grass, scattered trees, bare branches, hazy hills, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders are visible across the four stills.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, warm faded color, slight exposure variation, and visible frame edges that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, quiet transition, establishing cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for late-1960s personal travel filming of wildlife in Sudan, without identifying a specific reserve or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright and location-use questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm giraffe footage, vintage African savanna wildlife, lone giraffe home movie, and archival travel film animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Sudan travel footage, then other 1969 Sudan wildlife scenes, then broader vintage African savanna animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a lone giraffe standing in dry savanna grass with trees, hazy hills, and blue sky behind it. — A lone giraffe stands in dry savanna grass with distant hills behind it.

The giraffe stands in profile near scrub trees in open grassland.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a giraffe slightly turned in dry grassland, with scattered trees and distant hazy hills. — The giraffe shifts position in the dry field beneath a hazy sky.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame of a lone giraffe standing tall in savanna grass, framed by trees and distant hills. — A tall giraffe remains in the open savanna landscape.

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