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Nigeria-1969: Two Buffalo Swishing Tails And Chewing Cud In Savanna

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Two Buffalo Swishing Tails And Chewing Cud In Savanna — Clip Details

Two African buffalo stand in a grassy savanna under a pale blue sky, their dark forms contrasting with the golden field. Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures the animals swishing their tails and chewing cud in a natural setting. The footage shows subtle movement as the buffalo shift their weight, with distant hills and scattered trees visible in the background. The image has a soft, grainy quality typical of Super 8 film, with a distinct blue tint and film borders framing the scene. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in Nigeria during the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127564500

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Nigeria Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • cows
  • grass
  • chewing
  • farm
  • ranch
  • mountains
  • outdoors
  • swishing
  • tails
  • cud
  • stand
  • grassy
  • field
  • nature
  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 Nigeria wildlife footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 buffalo footage
  • African savanna animals
  • 1960s home movie
  • archival wildlife clip
  • buffalo chewing cud
  • swishing tails 8mm
  • grassy field animals
  • vintage African footage
  • retro wildlife film
  • 1969 documentary footage
  • classic Super 8 film
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage nature footage
  • 1960s Africa
  • wild buffalo in field
  • nostalgic animal footage
  • 8mm film grain
  • vintage wildlife archive

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s wildlife or travel productions needing a brief 8mm cutaway of African buffalo in Nigerian savanna grassland.
Period detail
The 1969 home-movie source and visible film borders suggest late-1960s amateur travel footage, with no modern structures or signage visible.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an observational visitor-shot feel, holding on the animals as they chew, shift weight, and swish their tails without staging.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include two dark buffalo, tall dry grass, distant low hills, scattered trees, pale blue sky, and heavy 8mm frame edges.
Film character
Soft focus, visible grain, blue color cast, uneven exposure, and gate borders give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, transitional landscape beat, or quiet rural atmosphere shot.
Historical context
The footage shows buffalo in open savanna terrain and offers visual context for a late-1960s home-movie view of wildlife in Nigeria.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should separately assess copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-use context.
Research search match
Search phrases might include 1969 Nigeria 8mm buffalo, African buffalo savanna home movie, vintage wildlife grassland footage, or Super 8 travel animals.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 travel footage, then broader African wildlife or savanna scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two African buffalo stand in Nigerian savanna grass in 1969 8mm footage, framed by visible film borders and distant low hills.
Two buffalo stand apart in tall savanna grass beneath a pale sky.
Two buffalo in Nigeria stand in tall savanna grass, one facing partly toward the camera and one broadside, in grainy 1969 8mm film.
The buffalo remain in the grassland as the 8mm frame shows soft focus and dark edges.
A 1969 8mm frame shows two buffalo in Nigerian savanna grass, with distant hills, scattered trees, and soft blue-tinted color.
Two buffalo linger in the savanna while the amateur camera holds a steady distant view.
Two buffalo stand close together in Nigerian savanna grass in a blue-tinted 1969 8mm home-movie frame with visible border marks.
The animals stand side by side against low hills and open grassland.

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