South Africa-1969: A Beautiful And Robust Animal Grazing In Its Natural

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

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A Beautiful And Robust Animal Grazing In Its Natural — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a beautiful and robust bongo antelope grazing in a lush green field in South Africa. The animal, with its distinctive white stripes and spiraled horns, moves slowly across the grassy terrain, its head lowered to feed. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural color tones, framed by the dark borders of a projected film strip. This archival clip offers a serene glimpse into African wildlife from the late 1960s, perfect for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127578862

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: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage from South Africa for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a calm antelope grazing cutaway.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft focus, projector-style frame edges, and a fenced-looking grassy reserve or field rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor or amateur wildlife observation, holding on the animal as it grazes without staged action or direct human presence.
What appears in frame: A tan striped antelope, spiral horns, lowered grazing head, green grass, dark film-frame borders, soft background, and slight handheld framing are visible.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, muted natural color, soft focus, mild gate shadowing, and dark frame edges that give the footage clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, quiet transition, reserve-establishing cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a South Africa or nature sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a late-1960s home-movie view of African wildlife in a grassy setting, with no visible people, signage, buildings, or public event context.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but animal species identification and location context should be verified separately from copyright or footage licensing.
Research search match: 1969 8mm South Africa wildlife footage, vintage antelope grazing, home movie African nature scene, striped antelope with spiral horns on grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 South Africa wildlife material, then broader vintage antelope or African grassland footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing a tan striped antelope lowering its head to graze in grass. — A horned striped antelope grazes with its head down in a grassy field.

The antelope remains in profile with its head lowered to feed.

Soft 8mm frame from 1969 South Africa showing a tan striped antelope grazing in an open grassy area. — A soft-focus frame holds on the animal as it continues grazing.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing the antelope with spiral horns partly lifting its head while standing on grass. — The antelope lifts its head slightly, showing its horns and striped shoulders.

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