Kenya-1969: Waterbuck with Long Horns Stands in Grassland

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

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Waterbuck with Long Horns Stands in Grassland — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A male waterbuck with long, spiraling horns stands alert in a sun-drenched grassland, its dark brown coat contrasting with the bright white rump patch. The animal slowly turns its head, surveying its surroundings near a tree line, captured on vintage 8mm film with natural grain and warm color tones. This authentic home movie footage offers a rare glimpse of African wildlife in its natural habitat during 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: 127567699

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: Useful for 1960s Kenya wildlife archive requests needing real 8mm home-movie footage of an antelope-like waterbuck in grassland.
Period detail: The frame may show late-1960s color home-movie travel footage, with no visible modern structures, signage, vehicles or clothing to refine the date beyond metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged safari-observation perspective, with the camera holding on the animal as it stands and turns near a tree line.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a horned waterbuck, white rump patch, green grassland, reddish dirt track, low shrubs, tree trunks and deep shade at the woodland edge.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation and mild handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, safari insert, location-establishing detail or quiet transition within a Kenya or East Africa sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor's view of African wildlife in open grassland, without visible people, roads, buildings or identifiable managed facilities.
Research note: No people, logos or private property are visible, but species identification, location metadata and copyright licensing should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife, vintage safari waterbuck, African antelope home movie and East Africa grassland animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife clips, then broader vintage safari or East African grassland material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Male waterbuck in Kenya, 1969, seen from behind in grassland with long horns and a bright white rump patch. — A horned waterbuck stands alert in sunlit grass near a tree line.

Waterbuck in 1969 Kenya footage moves slowly through grassland beside shrubs and a reddish dirt track. — The waterbuck steps across the grass with its head turned toward the trees.

The animal pauses in profile near the edge of shaded vegetation.

Waterbuck in 1969 Kenya home-movie footage stands alert in grassland near a wooded edge. — The waterbuck holds still in the grass, framed by shrubs and trees.

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