Kenya-1969: Wildebeest Herd Crossing Savanna Grassland

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Wildebeest Herd Crossing Savanna Grassland — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of wildebeests moving across a sun-drenched African savanna in Kenya. The animals walk through tall, dry grass under a deep blue sky, with scattered acacia trees and shrubs dotting the landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a warm, nostalgic tone, offering authentic archival wildlife footage from a mid-century safari. The camera remains steady, observing the herd's natural movement across the open plain.

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: 127569621

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: 1960s Kenya home-movie wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts, educational sequences, or archive-led scenes needing wildebeests moving through open bush.
Period detail: The small-gauge film texture, saturated blue sky, and safari-style wildlife framing support the 1969 home-movie context, while no specific landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance with a steady traveler viewpoint, recording the herd's movement without staged action or narration visible in frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wildebeest herd, tall dry grass, scattered shrubs, acacia-like trees, bare branches, a low horizon, and deep blue sky.
Film character: The clip shows soft 8mm grain, slight color shift, modest blur, and uneven exposure that read as physical-film texture from a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transitional beat within safari, Kenya, or African savanna sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places a herd in dry savanna bushland and reflects a visitor-shot wildlife record rather than a scientific or broadcast nature setup.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific wildlife or archive-use requirements should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm safari footage, vintage wildebeest herd, African savanna home movie, and archival wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 safari material, then broader vintage African wildlife and savanna landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing wildebeests in dry savanna grass with shrubs, trees, and a blue sky beyond. — Wildebeests move across dry bushland with scattered trees in the background.

1969 Kenya wildlife frame with a wildebeest herd moving across sunlit bushland under a clear blue sky. — The herd continues across open grass with bush and trees behind it.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of wildebeests moving through tall grass, softened by motion and film grain. — Motion blur and grain emphasize the herd's movement through the dry grass.

1969 Kenya frame showing wildebeests crossing dry bushland with scattered shrubs, bare branches, and distant trees. — Wildebeests pass through bushland framed by dry grass, shrubs, and trees.

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