Kenya-1979: Maasai Man in a Check Shuka Standing Beside a Row of Planted Spears

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationKenya
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 · Kenya
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Maasai culture
safari tourism
traditional dress
spears and weapons
East African savanna
travel home movies
portraiture

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · zoom · pan
Setting: outdoor · Dry bush country with bare red earth, thornbush, an acacia tree and distant hills, at a Maasai village
Time and weather: day · dry season · partly cloudy
Lighting: Natural daylight, soft under scattered cloud
People: 3 · A Maasai man in a red-and-white check shuka holding a staff; a second man in a check cloak and red cloth at right; a distant seated figure in white in the background
Objects: planted spears · staff · beaded ornament · check shuka · red cloth
Colors: red-brown · pale blue · red · cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Two Maasai men stand among planted spears, one at centre and one at right.
The man at right moves toward the edge of frame as the camera closes in.
Tighter framing on the centre man, his staff and a beaded ornament at his side.
The man looks off to the side against dry bush and distant hills.

Maasai Man in a Check Shuka Standing Beside a Row of... — Clip Details

Kenya, circa 1979, home movie footage of a Maasai man standing beside a row of spears planted upright in bare red earth. He wears a red-and-white check shuka wrapped over his shoulders and holds a staff, with a beaded white ornament hanging at his side. A second man in a check cloak and red cloth stands at right and moves out of frame as the handheld Super 8 camera slowly tightens on the first man. Dry bush, an acacia, distant hills and a cloudy sky fill the background.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002463

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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: 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 museum production that needs authentic circa 1979 colour footage of Maasai men and spears, shot by tourists on a Kenyan safari.
Period detail: The check shuka, the planted spears and the warm grain of Super 8 colour stock may show a late-1970s tourist visit to a Maasai village.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's camera lingers on a Maasai man who stands still and looks off to the side, recording a brief, unscripted moment from a village visit.
What appears in frame: A Maasai man in a red-and-white check shuka, a row of spears planted upright, a staff, a beaded white ornament, a second man in red at right, and an acacia against a cloudy sky.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with visible grain, warm red-earth tones, a pale sky and the slight softness of projected small-gauge film give it period texture.
Edit role: Works as a short portrait insert or cutaway inside a Maasai village sequence, or as a memory beat in a safari travel montage.
Historical context: Tourist visits to Maasai villages were part of many Kenyan safari itineraries, and this clip shows that encounter from the visitor's side.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness of the identifiable Maasai men, who are unnamed. Productions should take care over consent and respectful context, and no clearance is implied.
Research search match: Maasai man with spears 1970s, Super 8 Kenya safari home movie, Maasai village tourist visit archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with 'Two Maasai men in shukas' and the Kilaguni lodge, Tsavo West gate and giraffe-on-lava clips from this reel, then with other circa 1979 Kenyan safari footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two Maasai men in check shukas beside planted spears in Kenyan bush country, circa 1979, Super 8 — Two Maasai men stand among a row of planted spears, Kenya, circa 1979.
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Maasai man in a check shuka stands by upright spears while a companion leaves frame, Kenya, circa 1979 — A Maasai man stands by the spears as his companion moves out of frame.
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Closer Super 8 view of a Maasai man with a staff among planted spears in dry Kenyan bush, circa 1979 — The camera closes in on a Maasai man holding a staff among planted spears.
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Maasai man in a red-check shuka with a beaded ornament beside a row of spears, Kenya, circa 1979 — A Maasai man with a beaded ornament at his side stands beside a row of spears, Kenya, circa 1979.
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