South Africa-1969: Wildebeests And Zebras Graze And Move Around On Grassland

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSouth Africa
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

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Wildebeests And Zebras Graze And Move Around On Grassland — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of wildebeests and zebras grazing across a vast African grassland. The footage, framed by dark borders suggesting a view from inside a vehicle, shows the animals moving naturally through the savanna under a pale sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in their natural habitat.

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: 127577182

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: South Africa 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 South Africa wildlife home-movie footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing real 8mm views of grazing wildebeests and zebras.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and vehicle-framed viewpoint support the 1969 home-movie context, while the visible grassland and distant hills place the scene within a broad South African wildlife setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to observe from inside or beside a vehicle as animals graze and move naturally, giving the clip an unstaged visitor perspective rather than a managed wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wildebeests in the foreground, zebras farther back, open grassland, a pale sky, distant low hills, dark frame borders, and soft handheld motion.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, faded color, slight softness, uneven exposure, and dark gate or window edges that emphasize its physical home-movie source.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition within a South Africa sequence, or atmospheric beat showing animals moving across open grassland.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a tourist or home-movie encounter with African wildlife in the late 1960s without supporting claims about a specific reserve, migration event, or conservation program.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status, location claims, and any production-specific wildlife or archive-use requirements.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife footage, wildebeests and zebras grazing, African grassland home movie, and vintage savanna animals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 South Africa footage, then related vintage African wildlife, grassland, travel, or animal-grazing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing wildebeests close to the camera and zebras in the distance across a broad grassland. — Wildebeests graze near the camera with zebras spread across the open plain behind them.

1969 South Africa wildlife frame with zebras and wildebeests grazing on grassland under a pale sky, partly framed by dark vehicle or film edges. — Zebras and wildebeests graze and stand across the grassland, with dark borders cutting through the view.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing a small group of wildebeests grazing in front of a wide grassland with zebras farther away. — A group of wildebeests lowers their heads to graze as zebras remain scattered in the background.

1969 South Africa wildlife frame with wildebeests grazing and moving through open grassland while zebras appear farther back near the horizon. — Wildebeests move and feed across the foreground while zebras remain visible on the distant plain.

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