Sudan-1969: A Monkey Sitting In A Tree

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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A Monkey Sitting In A Tree — Clip Details

A monkey sits silhouetted on a tree branch against a vibrant blue sky in this 8mm home movie from Sudan, 1969. The primate, likely a baboon, is seen grooming itself and shifting its position on the branch, surrounded by sparse foliage and palm fronds. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage Super 8 film, capturing a quiet moment of wildlife in its natural habitat. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into African 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: 127549721

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 1960s wildlife, travel, or colonial-era home-movie requests needing a brief Sudan cutaway of a monkey in a tree.
Period detail: The saturated blue sky, soft focus, and 8mm frame edges support a late-1960s home-movie look, while no built environment or landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational travel-film feel, holding on an animal as it sits, grooms, and shifts on a branch.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted monkey, branching tree limbs, sparse hanging foliage, palm-like fronds, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows pronounced 8mm grain, deep color saturation, soft exposure, and slight frame instability characteristic of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet wildlife insert, travel transition, or reflective nature cutaway within a Sudan or African home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The frames show a visitor-recorded wildlife moment in Sudan in 1969, without visible people, buildings, roads, or signs to add social context.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and copyright status should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife footage, monkey in tree home movie, African travel film cutaway, and vintage primate footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Sudan 1969 travel footage, then broader vintage African wildlife or tree-canopy cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Sudan 1969 home-movie footage, a silhouetted monkey sits on a branch framed by sparse foliage and blue sky. — A monkey perches in silhouette on a tree branch against the sky.

A monkey appears in silhouette on a high branch, surrounded by thin limbs and palm-like fronds in 1969 Sudan footage. — The monkey remains seated on the branch, partly framed by foliage.

The Sudan home-movie frame shows the monkey seated on a branch, its tail hanging downward against the blue sky. — The animal sits still with its tail visible below the branch.

A silhouetted monkey crouches on the branch in the final frame, with sparse foliage and palm-like fronds around it. — The monkey shifts slightly while perched among the branches.

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