Sudan-1969: Large Bird Atop Dying Palm Tree

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Large Bird Atop Dying Palm Tree — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a large bird, likely a raptor, perched atop a dying palm tree in Sudan. The footage shows the bird with wings partially spread against a pale blue sky, surrounded by dry, yellowed fronds and tall green grass. The grainy, slightly blurred quality of the Super 8 film adds to the nostalgic, archival feel, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in a desert environment. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation and natural history.

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: 127550607

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 natural-history or travel sequences needing a brief wildlife cutaway from 8mm home-movie footage in Sudan.
Period detail: The visible clues are limited to 8mm color stock, soft handheld framing, dry palms, and open sky, with the 1969 Sudan setting supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, with the camera lingering on a perched bird rather than staging or pursuing action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large dark bird, dead or drying palm crowns, yellowed fronds, sparse green blades, low scrub, pale blue sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability that give the wildlife view a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, desert-environment cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within a Sudan or natural-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene may show a dry landscape margin where palms and scrub frame a large perched bird, without enough detail to identify the exact species or site.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location, and wildlife identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1969 Sudan 8mm bird footage, large bird on palm tree, vintage desert wildlife film, and home movie raptor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1969 Sudan material, and finally with desert wildlife or palm-landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a large dark bird atop a drying palm, with yellowed fronds, grasses, and pale blue sky. — A large bird perches on a dying palm crown amid dry fronds and grasses.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with a large bird on a dry palm crown, flanked by grass blades and another palm against open sky. — The perched bird remains visible above the dry palm fronds and scrubby horizon.

Closer 1969 Sudan 8mm view of a large dark bird with wings partly open atop a dying palm crown under a clear sky. — A closer frame shows the bird balanced on the palm crown with wings partly spread.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a large dark bird perched high on a dry palm crown, isolated against pale blue sky. — The bird is isolated against the sky on the top of the dry palm.

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