Kenya-1969: Herd Of Gnus Standing Near Green Trees On A Sunny Day

$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.

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

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Herd Of Gnus Standing Near Green Trees On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of gnus standing in a sunlit savanna in Kenya. The animals are gathered in a dry grassy field with scattered green trees under a bright blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and a warm, nostalgic color palette typical of 1960s amateur film. The camera remains steady, observing the herd as they shift position in the natural landscape. This archival clip offers authentic wildlife footage from a bygone era, ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127570186

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 East Africa wildlife archive requests needing brief observational 8mm material of gnus in a savanna setting.
Period detail: The visible cues are primarily the 8mm color stock, grain, and handheld framing; the 1969 Kenya context is supported by supplied metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler pausing to film wildlife from a fixed vantage point as the herd stands and shifts in dry grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small herd of gnus, dry yellow grass, scrubby foreground plants, green trees, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm texture with visible grain, slight blur, mild exposure variation, and color typical of amateur late-1960s home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition within archival sequences about Kenya, safari footage, or savanna animals.
Historical context: The scene documents visitor-shot wildlife observation in a Kenyan savanna landscape without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any wildlife or location-specific usage concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage, gnus in savanna, East Africa home movie safari, and vintage herd animals near trees.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Kenya wildlife shots, then other 1969 Kenya material, then broader vintage 8mm safari or savanna animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing several gnus gathered in dry savanna grass with green trees behind them. — A small herd of gnus stands in sunlit grass at the edge of green trees.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame with gnus clustered near scrub and trees in a dry open field. — The herd remains grouped near the tree line in the dry savanna.

Vintage 8mm Kenya frame showing gnus in tall yellow grass, filmed from a steady distance. — Several gnus stand close together in tall grass with dense trees beyond.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of gnus standing in a sunlit grassy clearing with trees in the background. — Gnus pause in a bright grassy clearing bordered by trees and scrub.

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