Kajiado Kenya-1983: Sun Setting Behind a Flat-Topped Acacia Framed by Overhanging Branches

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Year1983
Decade1980s
LocationKajiado, Kenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1983 · Kajiado, Kenya
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What is in this clip

African sunset
safari travel
savanna landscape
end of day
nature silhouette
1980s tourism

Shot type: wide
Camera: zoom · handheld
Setting: outdoor · East African savanna with acacia trees and dry scrub
Time and weather: sunset · clear with thin haze
Lighting: backlit low sun with the foreground in silhouette
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: umbrella acacia · overhanging tree branches · setting sun · scrub · distant hills
Colors: orange · pale yellow · black · yellow-green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The sun sits beside a flat-topped acacia, framed by overhanging branches.
The camera begins a slow zoom toward the silhouetted acacia.
The tree fills more of the frame as the sun glows through its branches.

Sun Setting Behind a Flat-Topped Acacia Framed by... — Clip Details

Probably southern Kenya, circa 1983, home movie footage of a savanna sunset. A low, bright sun sits at the edge of a flat-topped umbrella acacia, while the drooping branches of a nearer tree frame the top and left of the picture. Faint hills line the horizon above dark scrub. The single handheld Super 8 shot zooms slowly in on the silhouetted tree as the sky shifts from orange to pale yellow-green.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002504

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

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1983 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: Kajiado, 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: Meets requests for an early-1980s East African safari sunset, useful as an atmospheric transition in travel, wildlife or tourism-history productions.
Period detail: No dated objects appear in the frame, and the warm colour rendition and grain of the Super 8 stock may show an early-1980s look.
Home-movie behavior: The shot shows a visitor's own sunset picture, deliberately framed through overhanging branches and zoomed in on the classic acacia silhouette.
What appears in frame: A low glowing sun, a flat-topped umbrella acacia, drooping branches of a nearer tree, faint hills on the horizon, dark scrub below and a sky fading from orange to yellow-green.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with visible grain, soft focus, a slight flare around the sun and deep, crushed blacks in the silhouetted foreground give it authentic reversal-film texture.
Edit role: It works as a closing beat for a safari day, a transition between sequences or a nostalgic memory beat in travel storytelling.
Historical context: The image reflects the tradition of amateur safari filmmaking in East Africa, where the sunset behind an acacia became a standard holiday shot.
Research note: The clip shows no people, logos or artwork; copyright in the home movie itself is separate, and no clearance is guaranteed by this description.
Research search match: African sunset acacia Super 8, vintage Kenya safari home movie, 1980s savanna dusk footage, umbrella acacia silhouette film.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's wildebeest, Cape buffalo, elephant and cheetah clips, then with other southern Kenya safari footage from the early 1980s, then with other sunset and dusk landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Sunset beside an umbrella acacia on savanna probably in southern Kenya, circa 1983, framed by overhanging branches — The low sun sits at the edge of a flat-topped acacia, seen through the branches of a nearer tree.
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Super 8 view of the sun at the side of a silhouetted acacia, probably southern Kenya, circa 1983 — The camera holds on the acacia silhouette as the sun glows beside its canopy.
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Zooming toward a flat-topped acacia at sunset on East African savanna, probably Kenya, circa 1983 — As the zoom tightens, the sun shines through the tips of the acacia's branches.
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Close framing of an umbrella acacia against a pale sunset sky, savanna probably in southern Kenya, circa 1983 — At the end of the zoom, the acacia canopy fills much of the frame under a pale sky.
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