Kenya-1969: Elephants Grazing At Dusk In Silhouette

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Elephants Grazing At Dusk In Silhouette — Clip Details

Silhouetted elephants graze at dusk in Kenya, their dark forms outlined against a soft blue-purple sky with scattered clouds. The vintage 8mm film captures a serene wildlife moment with natural grain and subtle color shifts, showing a herd including a smaller calf moving slowly across the frame. The scene is shot from a low angle, emphasizing the elephants' massive silhouettes against the fading light, with tree branches visible on the right edge. This authentic home movie footage from 1969 offers a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife in its natural habitat.

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: 122661049

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: 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: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial sequences needing authentic 8mm wildlife footage of elephants in Kenya at dusk.
Period detail: The soft color shift, visible grain, and small-gauge frame texture support the 1969 home-movie attribution without showing date-specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational safari-viewing perspective, holding on the elephants as they graze and move slowly in silhouette.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include elephant silhouettes, a smaller calf, a blue-purple evening sky, scattered clouds, dark foreground, and tree edges.
Film character: The 8mm image shows pronounced grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, and slight color drift that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, dusk transition, travel-memory beat, or quiet cutaway within an East Africa sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually records a visitor-filmed wildlife encounter in Kenya, with elephants presented as distant silhouettes rather than identified individuals.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and any location or wildlife-use clearances should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s Kenya 8mm elephants, African wildlife at dusk, silhouetted elephant herd, and vintage safari home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Kenya travel material, then other 1969 Kenya wildlife clips, then broader elephant or African safari archive footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing elephants in dark silhouette against a blue-purple evening sky. — Elephants graze in silhouette beneath a fading sky.

Silhouetted elephant and calf shapes appear against the dusk sky in archival Kenya home-movie footage. — A large elephant and smaller animal shape are outlined by the evening light.

Archival 8mm view of elephant silhouettes grazing at dusk in Kenya, including a smaller calf-like figure. — The herd remains mostly in silhouette as the smaller animal lowers its head.

Kenya 1969 home-movie frame with elephants silhouetted against a dim blue-purple sky and tree-darkened edge. — Elephants continue moving slowly through the low evening light.

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