South Africa-1969: Two Rhinos In A Field In The Wild

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

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Two Rhinos In A Field In The Wild — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures two rhinos in a grassy field in South Africa. A larger adult rhino stands over a smaller, light-colored rhino lying on the ground, possibly a calf. The scene unfolds in natural daylight under a clear sky, with the open savanna stretching into the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a dark border typical of home movie projections. This authentic wildlife moment offers a nostalgic glimpse into African fauna from the late 1960s.

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: 127578395

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

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 South Africa wildlife requests needing brief 8mm home-movie material of rhinos in open grassland for documentary, education, or archive inserts.
Period detail: The frames show a 1969 8mm wildlife view with faded color, rounded frame edges, and handheld framing, while the landscape itself offers few date-specific visual clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or family filmer pausing on an unstaged animal encounter rather than a controlled wildlife production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two rhinos, one standing and one lying down, open green grassland, a distant low horizon, clear daylight, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and gate-edge shadowing from the original film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition within South Africa material, or brief archival beat about rhinos in open habitat.
Historical context: The scene documents a home-movie encounter with rhinos in South Africa, showing open grassland habitat without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright, source permissions, and species or location identification for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 South Africa 8mm rhino footage, vintage home movie African wildlife, rhinos in grassland, and archival safari animal cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other South Africa 1969 travel footage, then broader vintage 8mm African wildlife or savanna scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing a standing rhino near a lighter rhino lying in an open grassy field. — A standing rhino remains close to a lighter rhino lying in the grass.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame with an adult rhino standing near a lighter rhino resting in open grassland. — The standing rhino faces toward the camera while the second rhino lies in the field.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing a horned rhino standing beside a resting rhino in a grassy landscape. — A horned rhino stands close to a second rhino stretched out in the grass.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame with a standing rhino beside a resting rhino on open green grassland. — The standing rhino shifts position while the other remains low in the grass.

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