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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Water Buffalo Wading Through Muddy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of water buffalo wading through a muddy field in Kenya. The animals move slowly through the wet earth, their dark forms contrasting with the green grass and trees in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse into rural African life. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127566736

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: Supports 1960s Kenya wildlife or rural landscape requests needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of buffalo moving through wet ground.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s visitor-shot wildlife footage, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The distant framing and unhurried animal movement suggest an observational home-movie view rather than staged wildlife filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several buffalo, muddy open ground, shallow wet patches, green grass, a tree line, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges that reinforce its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, rural Kenya insert, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition between broader landscape or safari material.
Historical context: The footage offers a limited visual record of buffalo in an open Kenyan field, without enough detail to identify a reserve, season, or specific locality.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, species depiction, location claims, and production-context needs.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage, buffalo in muddy field, vintage African safari home movie, and archival grazing animals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife scenes, then broader vintage animal or safari home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing buffalo spread across wet, muddy ground with pale grass and a tree line in the background. — Buffalo move through a muddy open field bordered by grass and trees.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with buffalo clustered in a muddy patch, backed by open grass and dense trees. — A small group of buffalo wades through wet mud in the field.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing buffalo at a distance in a muddy grazing area, with bright grass and foliage beyond. — Buffalo remain low in the frame as they graze in the muddy ground.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of buffalo moving slowly through a muddy field, framed by grassland and trees. — Buffalo cross the wet field in a distant home-movie view.

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