Tsavo West National Park Kenya-1979: Impala Ram with Lyre-Shaped Horns Walking Through Dry Bush

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationTsavo West National Park, Taita-Taveta, Kenya
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 · Tsavo West National Park, Taita-Taveta, Kenya
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

African wildlife
safari tourism
antelope
dry season landscape
animal behaviour
1970s travel

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · dry savanna bush with tall pale grass and dark green thorn scrub
Time and weather: day · dry season · sunny
Lighting: warm natural daylight
People: 0
Animals: impala
Objects: dry grass · thorn bushes
Colors: straw beige · rust brown · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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An impala ram stands in dry scrub, looking to the left.
He lowers his head and starts walking left through the bush.
The camera pans with him, and other antelope appear faintly behind.
The ram begins to leave the left edge of the frame.

Impala Ram with Lyre-Shaped Horns Walking Through Dry Bush — Clip Details

Likely Tsavo West National Park, Kenya, circa 1979 home movie footage. A male impala with long, ridged, lyre-shaped horns stands in pale dry grass and scrub, looking to the left. He then lowers his head and walks left through the bush while the handheld camera pans to follow him, and other antelope show faintly in the background. Filmed at close range on Super 8 in warm daylight against dark green thorn bush.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002455

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Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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 answers a request for authentic late-1970s East African safari wildlife, here a close view of an impala ram for a documentary, education or travel-history piece.
Period detail: No dated objects are in the frame, but the colour and grain of the Super 8 reversal film may show its late-1970s origin.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist on a game drive holds the camera on one animal and follows it as it moves off, the way a visitor films a sighting rather than a crew shooting for a production.
What appears in frame: The frames show an impala ram with tall ridged horns, his rust-brown coat and pale belly, dry straw-coloured grass, tangled scrub, dark green thorn bush behind and faint antelope in the background.
Film character: Fine Super 8 grain, warm slightly faded colour, soft edges and a gentle handheld drift give the shot an amateur period texture.
Edit role: It works as a short wildlife cutaway or insert inside a safari or game-drive sequence, or as a memory beat in a travel story.
Historical context: It belongs to a reel of a lodge-based safari in Kenya's Tsavo region, a national park area established in 1948 that was a regular stop for package tourists.
Research note: No people, logos or property appear, but the copyright in the home movie is separate and should be licensed through the archive, and the exact location is an estimate.
Research search match: Researchers might search for Super 8 impala footage, vintage Kenya safari film, 1970s game drive home movie, or archival African antelope close-ups.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's elephant waterhole, marabou stork and Tsavo West entrance gate clips, then with other Tsavo-area safari footage from the late 1970s, then with general African wildlife home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Impala ram standing in dry bush, likely Tsavo West, Kenya, circa 1979, on Super 8 home movie film — An impala ram pauses in dry scrub, his lyre-shaped horns outlined against the bush.
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In profile, the ram's ridged horns and dark rump patch stand out against the dry bush.

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Impala ram walking through dry bush on a Kenyan game drive, circa 1979, filmed on Super 8 — The ram lowers his head and starts walking left, with other antelope faint in the background.
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Male impala moving off through dry scrub, likely Tsavo West, Kenya, circa 1979, vintage home movie — Head down, the impala walks on through the scrub toward the edge of the frame.
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