Kenya-1969: Waterbuck Resting and Standing in Grassland

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Waterbuck Resting and Standing in Grassland — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A waterbuck rests in a grassy clearing before standing and turning toward the dense green bushline. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the animal's natural behavior in its habitat, with its distinctive white rump patch and spiral horns clearly visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival wildlife footage from the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127567663

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 Kenya wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts, educational sequences, and archive research needing non-staged 8mm animal behavior.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm color home-movie texture and a wild antelope in open grass near dense bush, with the 1969 Kenya setting supported by supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot wildlife-viewing perspective, observing the waterbuck at a distance as it rests, stands, and turns without staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a horned waterbuck, white rump patch, grassy clearing, dense green bushline, sunlit ground, shadowed foreground, and soft film edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, warm color saturation, slight softness, and handheld framing that give the wildlife view a physical home-movie record quality.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, safari memory beat, natural-history insert, or transition within broader East Africa travel footage.
Historical context: As archival home-movie footage from Kenya in 1969, it reflects a private wildlife-viewing moment rather than a formal natural-history production.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright source rights and confirm species identification for publication use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, vintage safari waterbuck, African antelope home movie, and Super 8 grassland animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife shots, then broader 1960s East Africa safari or antelope behavior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a horned waterbuck in grass, seen from the side near a dense bushline. — A waterbuck stands side-on in a sunlit clearing with its white rump patch visible.

The waterbuck remains in the grassy clearing in Kenya, framed by dark film edges and dense vegetation. — The animal stands alert near the bushline, its pale rump marking clear against the grass.

1969 Kenya wildlife frame showing the waterbuck turned toward the bushline, viewed from behind across grass. — The waterbuck turns away from the camera toward the greenery at the edge of the clearing.

Final 1969 Kenya frame of the waterbuck facing the bushline, with its white rump patch centered in the shot. — The waterbuck faces the dense vegetation, ending the short wildlife view in the clearing.

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