Kenya-1969: Water Buffalo Foraging In 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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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Water Buffalo Foraging In Muddy Field — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A group of water buffalo forage in a muddy field under a bright sun, their dark forms contrasting with the green grass and dense trees in the background. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the animals moving slowly through the wet earth, some with heads down, others standing alert. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of rural 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: 127566707

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: Useful for 1960s Kenya wildlife requests needing brief editorial cutaways of large mammals foraging in a muddy field.
Period detail: The footage may show a late-1960s tourist or home-movie view, with distant wildlife, faded color, and an unpolished handheld 8mm vantage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds at a distance as the animals move slowly, preserving an unstaged visitor perspective rather than a composed wildlife film setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several dark buffalo, muddy wet ground, green grass, dense trees, bright daylight, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, muted color shifts, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability consistent with home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, rural landscape cutaway, or transitional beat within a broader Kenya travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for large wildlife seen from a distance in a grassy Kenyan setting without supporting a specific park or conservation claim.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any wildlife-use context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, buffalo in muddy field, African mammals foraging, and vintage home-movie nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Kenya 1969 footage, then wider 1960s African wildlife or foraging animal scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant buffalo forage in a muddy Kenyan field, with green grass and dense trees visible in faded 1969 8mm footage. — Buffalo graze and forage across wet ground at the edge of a grassy clearing.

A small group of buffalo remains spread across muddy ground in Kenya, filmed from a distant 8mm home-movie viewpoint. — A small group of buffalo stays low to the muddy ground as trees line the background.

Buffalo continue foraging in a muddy Kenyan clearing, partly low in frame, with pale grass and dark trees beyond. — Buffalo move slowly through a muddy clearing beneath a bright grassy bank.

The final frame shows buffalo foraging across wet earth in Kenya, with faded color and visible 8mm frame texture. — Buffalo remain scattered across the mud as the grassy clearing and trees fill the distance.

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