Tsavo West National Park Kenya-1979: Man in Cap Leans on Lodge Balcony Rail Overlooking Bush Plains and Hills

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationTsavo West National Park, Taita-Taveta, Kenya
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 · Tsavo West National Park, Taita-Taveta, Kenya
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1979 · Tsavo West National Park & Taita-Taveta · Reel 317efa80 contains 16 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

safari tourism
travel
wildlife viewing
landscape
leisure
East Africa
vacation

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · safari lodge balcony overlooking dry bush savanna, a waterhole and a hill range
Time and weather: midday · dry season · partly cloudy
Lighting: bright natural daylight
People: 1 · One adult man seen from behind in a white T-shirt, light cap and dark jeans, leaning on the rail with his hands raised to his face.
Objects: wooden balcony rail · flowering shrub · baseball cap · white T-shirt · jeans
Colors: cyan · white · blue-violet · olive brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A man in a cap leans on the balcony rail beside a flowering shrub, looking out over the plains.
The camera begins panning right across the waterhole and dirt track.
The man moves off the left edge as the bush plain and hills fill the frame.

Man in Cap Leans on Lodge Balcony Rail Overlooking Bush... — Clip Details

Probably Tsavo West National Park, Kenya, circa 1979 home movie footage. A man in a white T-shirt, cap and jeans leans on a dark wooden balcony rail beside a flowering shrub, hands raised to his face as he looks out over dry bush plains toward a small waterhole, a dirt track and a long hill range. The handheld camera pans slowly right, so he slides out of frame on the left and the plain, track and hills fill the shot under a cloudy sky.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002452

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1979 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: Tsavo West National Park, Taita-Taveta, 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: This clip suits requests for late-1970s East African safari tourism and gives documentary or education producers a visitor's view from a lodge terrace.
Period detail: The plain white T-shirt, cap and dark jeans, together with the Super 8 colour, may show late-1970s casual travel dress.
Home-movie behavior: A companion films a man unaware of the camera as he looks out quietly over the plains, an unstaged moment on holiday.
What appears in frame: A man in a white T-shirt and cap leans on a dark wooden rail beside a pink-flowered shrub, above bush plains with a small waterhole, a dirt track and a long range of hills.
Film character: Fine Super 8 grain, a cool cyan-violet colour cast, soft focus and a gentle handheld pan give it the texture of a projected home movie.
Edit role: Editors can use it as an establishing shot or transition, letting the pan off the tourist hand over to wildlife or landscape footage.
Historical context: Lodges built inside Kenyan parks, such as Kilaguni (opened 1962), gave visitors elevated terraces for watching the plains and waterholes.
Research note: The man is seen mostly from behind and is unnamed; a likeness release may still be needed, the lodge is private property, and the film copyright sits with the archive.
Research search match: Researchers might search for vintage Super 8 safari lodge footage, a tourist overlooking Kenyan plains in the 1970s, or Tsavo West home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's lodge garden, poolside tourists, Kilaguni entrance and elephants-at-waterhole clips, then with other 1970s Tsavo footage, then with other safari-tourism scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Tourist on a safari lodge balcony, probably Tsavo West, Kenya, circa 1979, overlooking plains and hills — A visitor leans on the lodge rail beside a flowering shrub, looking out over the plains.
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Man scanning the plain from a lodge rail, probably Tsavo West, Kenya, circa 1979, waterhole and track below — With his hands raised to his face, the man looks toward a small waterhole and dirt track.
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Panning view from a lodge balcony over savanna and hills, probably Tsavo West, Kenya, circa 1979 — As the camera pans, the man moves left and the savanna fills more of the frame.
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Bush plain, track and hill range from a lodge terrace, probably Tsavo West, Kenya, circa 1979 — The plain, dirt track and distant hills seen from the lodge terrace at the end of the pan.
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