South Africa-1969: Antelope Grazing On Grassland Swishes Tail Flicks Ears

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

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Antelope Grazing On Grassland Swishes Tail Flicks Ears — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a large antelope grazing in a lush green grassland. The animal, likely an eland, stands calmly in the open savanna, its head lowered to feed as it swishes its tail and flicks its ears. The footage is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was filmed through a window or from a vehicle. The natural daylight and subtle film grain give the clip an authentic, nostalgic quality, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat during 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: 127578917

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 home-movie wildlife footage suited to documentary cutaways, archive inserts, or period travel sequences needing a large antelope grazing in open grassland.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm frame borders, soft color, and grain, which support a late-1960s home-movie look rather than identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational visitor-shot quality, with the animal filmed quietly from a fixed or vehicle-like position as it feeds without staging.
What appears in frame: A large tan antelope, lowered head, long pale horns, green grassland, distant pale ground, dark film-frame borders, and slight motion blur are visible.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, dark gate edges, mild exposure variation, and a steady home-movie framing that adds archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, quiet transition, travel-memory beat, or period insert between broader South Africa or safari material.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a tourist or home-movie encounter with African wildlife, centered on grazing behavior rather than human activity or built surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and location specificity should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 South Africa 8mm antelope grazing, vintage safari wildlife, eland-like antelope grassland, and home movie African savanna may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1969 South Africa wildlife footage, then broader vintage safari or grassland animal behavior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing a large horned antelope with its head lowered while grazing in open green grassland. — A large horned antelope grazes in open grassland, framed by dark 8mm film edges.

1969 South Africa home-movie still of a large antelope standing side-on and feeding in a green open field. — The antelope remains side-on to the camera with its head down in the grass.

A large horned antelope, likely eland-like, grazes near the foreground in 1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife footage. — The animal feeds close to the lower frame edge, with grassland filling the background.

1969 South Africa 8mm still showing the horned antelope grazing as one front leg shifts forward in the grass. — The antelope continues grazing while shifting its stance in the open grassland.

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