South Africa-1969: Antelope In Grassland Stops To Scratch Side With Back Hoof

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

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Antelope In Grassland Stops To Scratch Side With Back Hoof — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a serene South African grassland scene. A dark antelope with prominent horns walks across the lush green field before stopping to scratch its side with its hind hoof. In the distance, another large mammal grazes peacefully under a muted sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and soft focus, offering authentic archival wildlife footage 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: 127578985

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 wildlife or travel-documentary requests needing South African grassland antelope behavior from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The muted color, soft focus, and handheld 8mm framing support the 1969 home-movie period, while the open grassland itself offers few date-specific clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches patiently as an antelope walks and pauses to scratch, preserving an unstaged visitor-shot observation of animal behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a horned antelope, green grassland, a distant grazing mammal, low scrub or trees, pale hills, a muted sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, slight softness, faded color, and handheld framing that give the wildlife view authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, quiet transition, natural-history insert, or memory beat within a South Africa travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents an amateur view of grazing wildlife in open South African habitat without showing people, buildings, or specific landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification, location specificity, copyright status, and any habitat-access permissions should be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm South Africa antelope footage, vintage grassland wildlife, home-movie safari animals, and horned mammal scratching behavior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other South Africa 1969 wildlife material, then broader vintage African grassland animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South African 8mm frame showing a horned antelope crossing open grassland while a distant animal grazes near low trees. — A horned antelope moves across open grass with another grazing animal in the background.

1969 South African 8mm frame of a horned antelope lowering its head in grassland, with another animal grazing far behind. — The antelope pauses with its head down in the open grassland.

1969 South African 8mm frame showing the antelope bending toward its side in open grassland with a distant grazing mammal. — The antelope bends toward its side as it stands in the grass.

1969 South African 8mm frame of a horned antelope scratching its side with a hind hoof in open grassland. — The antelope lifts a hind hoof to scratch its side in the grassland.

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