South Africa-1969: Antelope In Profile On Grassland Tail Swishes Ears Twitch

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

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Antelope In Profile On Grassland Tail Swishes Ears Twitch — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a graceful antelope in profile on a sun-drenched South African grassland. The animal stands alert, its long horns prominent, ears twitching as it surveys the savanna. Its white tail swishes gently before it lowers its head to graze. Other antelopes dot the distant plain under a bright sky, viewed through a dark frame suggesting a vehicle window. The footage exhibits natural film grain and warm, slightly faded colors characteristic of 1960s home movies.

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: 127578128

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: 1960s South Africa wildlife footage for productions needing an 8mm home-movie view of antelope on open grassland.
Period detail: The scanned 8mm format, warm color fade, and 1969 metadata support a late-1960s amateur travel or wildlife-film context.
Home-movie behavior: The animal is observed from a distant, likely visitor-shot viewpoint, with the camera holding as it stands alert and then grazes.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a horned antelope, open grassland, distant grazing animals, a dark window-like frame edge, sunlit brush, and soft horizon detail.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, slight softness, warm faded color, and contact-sheet framing that give it a tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition within a South Africa or savanna sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century leisure or travel observation of African wildlife without visible people, vehicles, signage, or built landmarks in frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 South Africa 8mm antelope, vintage home movie savanna wildlife, and horned antelope grazing grassland.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel wildlife shots, then other 1969 South Africa travel footage, then broader vintage savanna animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Horned antelope standing alert on open grassland, with distant animals scattered behind it.

A side-on antelope with long horns pauses in South African grassland, framed by dark vertical edges. — Side profile of the antelope as it stands in the grass, its horns and white tail patch visible.

The antelope lowers its head toward the grass while grazing on the South African plain. — Antelope grazing with its head down as other animals remain faintly visible in the distance.

A horned antelope continues grazing near a dark frame edge in 1969 South Africa wildlife footage. — The antelope grazes near the edge of the frame, with open grassland stretching behind it.

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