South Africa-1969: Herd Of Wildebeests Grazing On Grassland With Zebra In Background

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

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Herd Of Wildebeests Grazing On Grassland With Zebra In... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of wildebeests grazing across a sunlit grassland in South Africa. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows the animals moving slowly across the open plain under a pale sky, with a zebra visible in the distance. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and natural camera movement evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering authentic wildlife footage from a classic safari experience.

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: 127577189

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: Useful for 1960s wildlife, safari, or South Africa archive requests needing brief home-movie views of grazing wildebeest on open grassland.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and window-framed safari view support a late-1960s home-movie context without showing specific landmarks or dated signage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind a window or vehicle frame, giving the scene the unstaged perspective of a visitor watching animals graze at a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grazing wildebeest, a zebra in the background, green grassland, pale sky, distant hills, and dark vertical window-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft exposure, and gentle handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, safari memory beat, or transition between broader travel and animal-observation sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows a tourist-era wildlife viewing moment in South Africa, focused on animals and landscape rather than people, infrastructure, or identifiable sites.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, collection ownership, and wildlife-location context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 8mm South Africa safari footage, wildebeest grazing, zebra in background, vintage wildlife home movie, and grassland herd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then South Africa 1969 travel footage, then broader vintage safari or grazing herd material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing wildebeest grazing on grassland, with a distant zebra and dark window-frame edges. — Wildebeest graze across open grassland with a zebra visible beyond them.

1969 South Africa safari view through a window frame, with wildebeest grazing and a zebra standing in the background. — Wildebeest feed in the foreground while a zebra stands farther back on the plain.

1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife frame with grazing wildebeest, distant zebras, and pale hills beyond the grassland. — A loose group of wildebeest grazes as zebras move in the distance.

1969 South Africa home-movie frame with a foreground wildebeest and a larger grazing herd across the grassland. — A foreground wildebeest stands near the camera as the herd continues grazing behind it.

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