Kenya-1980: Young Women in Beaded Collars Dancing in Line as Tourists Watch

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationKenya
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · Kenya
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

cultural tourism
traditional dance
beadwork
safari travel
East African village life
visitors and performers
1970s fashion

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · Dusty village enclosure fenced with upright sticks
Time and weather: day · dry, overcast or diffuse light
Lighting: soft daylight with blue-violet colour cast
People: 12 · Three young Maasai or Samburu women in traditional dress with large beaded collars and headbands dancing; several foreign tourists in flared trousers, jeans, floral slacks and sneakers standing and walking behind.
Objects: beaded collars · beaded headbands · bracelets · stick fence · handbags
Colors: violet · orange · red · white · navy
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Three dancers in beaded collars move in profile as a tourist in floral trousers walks behind.
The line of dancers extends their arms forward while visitors pass in the background.
The camera holds close on the collars and headbands against the stick fence.
The dancers continue in line as more tourists stand watching.

Young Women in Beaded Collars Dancing in Line as... — Clip Details

Kenya, circa 1980 home movie footage shows three young Maasai or Samburu women in layered beaded collars and beaded headbands dancing in a line inside a stick-fenced village enclosure, arms extended forward. Behind them, tourists in flared trousers, floral slacks and white sneakers walk and stand on the dusty ground. The single handheld close shot follows the dancers in profile on Super 8 film with a strong blue-violet cast and warm orange earth.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002403

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
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: 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: Helps a documentary or education brief needing period footage of Kenyan village dance performances for safari tourists around 1980.
Period detail: Tourists' flared jeans, patterned floral trousers and white sneakers may show late-1970s holiday fashion, with Super 8 colour typical of the period.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor films at close range from among the crowd, catching dancers and fellow tourists in the same unplanned frame.
What appears in frame: Three dancers in wide layered bead collars, beaded headbands with upright ornaments, extended arms with bracelets, a tourist in yellow floral trousers, people in flared jeans, and a fence of upright sticks.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with a strong blue-violet shift, warm orange ground, soft focus and visible grain give it an authentic amateur projection texture.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat inside a safari-travel sequence, or as an insert on beadwork and cultural tourism.
Historical context: The frame shows a staged dance for visiting tourists inside a village enclosure, a common part of Kenyan safari tours in this era.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness: dancers are identifiable, may include minors and appear in traditional dress with bare chests, so community sensitivity and likeness review apply, as for tourists.
Research search match: Maasai women dancing Super 8; Samburu village tourist dance circa 1980; Kenya safari home movie beaded collars; vintage cultural tourism East Africa.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's costumed drummers on a lawn, rural market and safari minibuses at thatched huts, then other circa 1980 Kenya safari clips, then cultural dance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Maasai or Samburu dancers in bead collars perform for tourists in a village enclosure, Kenya, circa 1980 — Dancers in layered bead collars move in line as a visitor in floral trousers passes, Kenya, circa 1980.
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Young Samburu or Maasai women extend their arms in a line dance before safari visitors, Kenya, circa 1980 — Arms held forward, the dancers keep step while tourists watch from the enclosure.
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Close view of red and white Maasai-style beadwork on three dancers before a stick fence, Kenya, circa 1980 — Layered beadwork and headbands in close profile against the village stick fence.
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Dancers in bead collars continue a line dance as tourists cross a dusty Kenyan village enclosure, circa 1980 — The dance continues as visitors move about the enclosure on a circa 1980 safari trip.
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