Angola-1969: Herd of Elephants in Sun-Drenched Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationAngola
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Angola

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Herd of Elephants in Sun-Drenched Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Angola in 1969 captures a herd of African elephants roaming through a sun-drenched savanna. The elephants, including a prominent bull with large tusks, move through green shrubs and dry grass under a bright, cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with rich, saturated colors, noticeable grain, and natural light, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat. The scene unfolds in an open field with scattered trees and a distant horizon, conveying a sense of peaceful movement and natural beauty.

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: 122659765

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1969 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: Angola 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archive requests needing Angola wildlife footage, safari travel context, or editorial inserts of elephants moving through open savanna.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and saturated outdoor exposure support the 1969 home-movie dating, while the landscape itself has few precise period markers.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reads as visitor-shot wildlife observation, with the camera tracking elephants from a distance rather than staging or directing the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include African elephants, dry grass, green shrubs, scattered trees, a low horizon, bright cloud cover, and rounded film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, slight softness, saturated greens and blues, uneven exposure, and handheld contact-print texture that supports its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, location-establishing beat, or transition within broader African landscape or safari material.
Historical context: The frames show elephants moving through open bushland in Angola, offering visual context for wildlife observation without making claims about conservation status or exact region.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any location-specific use restrictions should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Angola 8mm elephants, African savanna home movie, vintage safari wildlife footage, and archival elephant herd cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Angola 1969 material, and then broader 1960s African wildlife or safari travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Angola 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant near green shrubs, with dry grass, trees, and a bright clouded sky beyond. — A tusked elephant stands in bushland with scattered trees and a low horizon behind it.

1969 Angola 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant crossing near thick shrubs, with another elephant partly seen at the edge. — An elephant moves through low brush while another animal is partly visible at the right edge.

1969 Angola 8mm frame showing multiple elephants moving across open bushland with shrubs, dry grass, trees, and a distant horizon. — A small group of elephants crosses the field between shrubs and scattered trees.

1969 Angola 8mm frame showing elephants moving across dry open ground, with shrubs, scattered trees, and a bright clouded sky in view. — Elephants continue across the open savanna landscape, partially framed by shrubs.

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