Kenya-1969: Buffalos Wading in a Muddy Rice 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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Buffalos Wading in a Muddy Rice Field — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a herd of buffalos wading through a muddy rice field. The animals move slowly through the wet earth, their dark forms contrasting with the green grass and dark mud. Shot on 8mm film, the footage exhibits natural grain and a slightly faded color palette, evoking a sense of historical wildlife observation. The scene is framed by dark borders, typical of home movie recordings, with a forested backdrop under a bright sky. This archival clip offers authentic, unscripted wildlife footage 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: 127566726

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 Kenya wildlife home-movie footage for documentary or educational edits needing unscripted buffalo activity in a wet field setting.
Period detail: The frames show faded color 8mm footage with rounded frame edges, and the 1969 Kenya date is supported by the supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed, distant home-movie position as the animals feed or wade without staged action or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several dark buffalo, muddy wet ground, green grass, shallow standing water, a tree-lined background, and dark film borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, and gate borders that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a wildlife cutaway, rural landscape insert, or quiet observational beat within a Kenya or East Africa sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents buffalo moving through a wet agricultural or marshy field environment, without visible people, buildings, vehicles, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should confirm copyright status and any wildlife or location use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s Kenya 8mm wildlife footage, buffalo in muddy field, East African home movie animals, and archival rural landscape cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Kenya 1969 footage, then broader East African wildlife or wet-field animal scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing several buffalo spread across a muddy wet field bordered by green grass and trees. — Several buffalo move slowly through a muddy field with a grassy, tree-lined background.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with buffalo wading through dark mud and shallow water below a bright grassy area. — Buffalo cluster in the wet earth while a green field and trees fill the background.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing buffalo in a muddy field, including a smaller animal between larger adults. — The herd shifts position across the muddy ground, with a smaller buffalo near the center.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing buffalo in mud and shallow water with green grass and a wooded background. — Buffalo continue wading through the mud as the camera holds a distant home-movie view.

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