Kenya-1969: Herd of Oryx Grazing in Grassland

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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

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Herd of Oryx Grazing in Grassland — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of oryx antelopes grazing in a dry, tan grassland under a bright blue sky. The animals, with their long, straight horns, move slowly across the savanna, framed by scattered acacia trees and a distant treeline. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color shifts, and natural camera movement, offering an authentic slice of African wildlife from the late 1960s. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127569681

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: This 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife clip supports archival requests for East African savanna animal footage, documentary cutaways, or period home-movie travel material.
Period detail: The frame may show late-1960s tourist-shot wildlife viewing, with oryx in open grassland and the soft color, framing, and exposure typical of small-gauge home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged observer's distance, holding on the herd as animals graze and drift through dry grass rather than presenting a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a herd of horned oryx, dry tan grass, scattered trees, a distant treeline, pale sky, and slight contact-sheet frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, gentle softness, slight color shift toward blue and tan, and handheld framing that gives the footage physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, savanna establishing cutaway, or transition within a sequence about Kenya or vintage safari footage.
Historical context: The footage visually situates wildlife observation in an open Kenyan grassland setting without identifying a specific park, route, expedition, or event.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status, source permissions, and wildlife-context requirements for their project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm oryx herd, vintage East African wildlife home movie, savanna antelopes grazing, and archival safari animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent clips from the same reel, then with other Kenya 1969 wildlife scenes, then with broader vintage African savanna or animal-grazing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A 1969 Kenya 8mm frame shows a herd of horned oryx standing and grazing in tan grassland below a blue sky. — Oryx gather and graze in dry savanna grass with trees in the background.

A herd of oryx appears across the Kenyan grassland, with several animals facing the camera and others grazing or walking. — The herd remains loosely grouped across the tan field under bright sky.

In this 1969 Kenya wildlife frame, oryx stand and graze in tall dry grass with sparse trees along the horizon. — Oryx shift positions while grazing in the open grassland.

The final frame holds on the oryx herd in Kenya, clustered across dry grass with scattered trees and a bright blue sky. — The herd clusters in the field as the camera holds from a distance.

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