Aberdare National Park Kenya-1980: Wooden Treetops Marker Giving Latitude, Longitude and Altitude

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationAberdare National Park, Central, Kenya
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · Aberdare National Park, Central, Kenya
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What is in this clip

safari tourism
travel souvenir
geography and the equator
national parks
East Africa
wayfinding signage

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · forest edge at a safari lodge in a highland national park
Time and weather: dusk or night
Lighting: artificial or low evening light on the board against a dark background
People: 0
Landmarks: Treetops · Aberdare National Park
Objects: wooden sign · painted lettering · leaves · branches
Readable signs: ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK · – TREETOPS – · LATITUDE – 00° 21' 30" SOUTH · LONGITUDE 36° 54' 48" EAST · ALTITUDE 6450 FT. ABOVE M.S.L. · 24½ MILES SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
Colors: orange-brown · near-black · white · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The wooden Treetops board fills the frame against dark foliage.
The handheld camera drifts slightly while the coordinates stay readable.
The shot holds on the equator line at the bottom before the cut.

Wooden Treetops Marker Giving Latitude, Longitude and... — Clip Details

Aberdare National Park, Kenya, circa 1980 home movie footage of the wooden marker at Treetops. One handheld shot holds on a trapezoid board lettered 'Aberdare National Park – Treetops', with latitude 00°21'30" South, longitude 36°54'48" East, altitude 6450 ft above M.S.L. and '24½ miles south of the equator'. The white lettering stays crisp and readable for the whole take, set against dark foliage that suggests dusk or artificial light. Warm orange-brown wood tones dominate the Super 8 colour.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002398

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1980 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: Aberdare National Park, Central, Kenya 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: Answers requests for a named, readable establishing card for Treetops or Aberdare National Park in a circa 1980 Kenya safari story.
Period detail: The hand-lettered varnished board and warm reversal colour may show period lodge signage, though the board itself carries no date.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stopped to film the lodge marker as a title card for the trip, a typical tourist habit of recording where the reel had reached.
What appears in frame: A trapezoid wooden board, white painted lettering naming the park and Treetops, a block of coordinates and altitude, an equator distance line, and dark leaves around it.
Film character: Fine Super 8 grain, warm orange cast and deep blacks give a lamp-lit, slightly soft archival texture with a gentle handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as an establishing title card or location insert before lodge waterhole or wildlife footage.
Historical context: The board shows how a famous Kenyan safari lodge presented its position near the equator to visiting tourists around this period.
Research note: No people appear; the Treetops name may be a commercial trademark and the board sits on lodge property, so check trademark and property use separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Treetops Aberdare sign footage, vintage Kenya safari lodge film, Super 8 East Africa travel circa 1980, south of the equator sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Mount Kenya Safari Club equator sign, Mount Kenya framed by tree and baboons drinking at a stream, then other Kenya safari material from about 1980, then equator and park-sign footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Treetops board in Aberdare National Park, Kenya, circa 1980, listing coordinates and altitude, filmed on Super 8 — The Treetops marker in Aberdare National Park, Kenya, circa 1980, giving its latitude, longitude and altitude.
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Close view of the Treetops lodge sign, Aberdare, Kenya, circa 1980, reading 24½ miles south of the equator — The board places Treetops 24½ miles south of the equator at 6450 ft above sea level.
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Handheld Super 8 frame of the Aberdare National Park Treetops board, Kenya, circa 1980, set among dark branches — A slight handheld drift moves the varnished board within the frame while the lettering stays legible.
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Treetops coordinates 00°21'30" S, 36°54'48" E on a wooden board in Aberdare National Park, Kenya, circa 1980 — Latitude and longitude lettering on the Treetops board, filmed by a visitor on a Kenya safari, circa 1980.
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