Kenya-1969: Water Buffalo Wading Through Muddy Field

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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Water Buffalo Wading Through Muddy Field — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A herd of water buffalo wades through a muddy field, their dark forms contrasting with the green grass and brown earth. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animals in their natural habitat, with some standing and others partially submerged in the wetland. The scene is framed by a dense treeline in the background, under a soft, diffused light. The grainy texture and color palette of the vintage Super 8 home movie evoke a sense of nostalgia and archival authenticity, offering a glimpse into East 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: 127566669

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: Kenya 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Kenya wildlife home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts on East African wetlands, safari travel, animal behavior, or archival nature sequences.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft exposure, and distant visitor framing support a late-1960s home-movie record, with no visible landmarks to narrow the Kenya location further.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herd from a fixed distance, suggesting an unstaged travel or safari viewpoint rather than a controlled wildlife production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark buffalo, muddy wetland ground, shallow water, green grass, a dense treeline, soft daylight, and the contact-print frame divisions.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm texture, muted color, slight softness, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie film characteristics.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, environmental insert, safari memory beat, or transition within a broader East Africa archival sequence.
Historical context: The footage places large mammals in a wet grassy landscape and reflects visitor-shot wildlife viewing in Kenya without identifying a reserve or specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, East African buffalo in mud, vintage safari home movie, and wetland animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Kenya wildlife scenes, then other 1969 Kenya travel footage, then broader 1960s safari or wetland animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing several buffalo in a muddy wetland, with green grass and a dark treeline in the background. — Buffalo gather in mud and shallow water at the edge of a grassy field.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame of buffalo wading and resting in a muddy patch, with open grassland and trees beyond. — The herd remains clustered in the muddy wetland area.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with buffalo partly in mud and shallow water, seen from a distant safari-style viewpoint. — Buffalo feed and rest across the muddy foreground.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame showing a buffalo group in a muddy field, backed by pale grass and dense trees. — A quiet view of buffalo spread across the mud near the grass line.

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