Sudan-1969: Black Necked Stilt With Pink Legs Wades In Shallow Pool Of Water

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Black Necked Stilt With Pink Legs Wades In Shallow Pool... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a black-necked stilt with long pink legs wading through a shallow pool of water. The bird moves slowly along the water's edge, its reflection rippling in the calm surface. Tall reeds and grasses line the bank in the background, creating a natural wetland habitat. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a slightly soft focus and darkened borders typical of home movies from the era. The scene evokes a quiet, observational moment in nature, preserved as archival wildlife footage.

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: 127550745

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: 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary cutaways, wetland habitat sequences, and archival nature inserts.
Period detail: The frames may show a late-1960s home-movie view of a wetland edge, with no visible buildings, signs, vehicles, or dated human-made details.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the bird from a distance without staging, preserving a quiet field-record style moment from a traveler or amateur naturalist perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white wading bird, pink legs, shallow reflective water, a muddy bank, reeds, grasses, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries a soft 8mm film texture with visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and dark gate edges from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, environmental transition, or reflective cutaway within sequences about wetlands, travel, or archival nature observation.
Historical context: The footage documents a bird moving through a wetland habitat in Sudan, offering visual context for wildlife observation without showing people or built surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and species or location identification for their project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife, black-necked stilt wading, wetland bird home movie, and vintage bird reflection footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Sudan 1969 material, then broader 1960s wetland, bird, and wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a small black-and-white wading bird near shallow water, with reeds and its reflection visible. — A wading bird stands near the waterline, reflected in the shallow pool.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with a black-and-white wading bird beside a shallow pool, its reflection broken by ripples. — The bird moves along the wetland edge as its reflection ripples in the water.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing the bird low in the frame, reflected in water beneath a grassy reed-lined bank. — The bird pauses near the lower edge of the frame beside a reed-lined pool.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a black-and-white stilt-like bird with pink legs reflected in a calm wetland pool. — The bird steps through shallow water, its legs and body mirrored on the surface.

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