Kenya-1969: Elephant Feeding on Foliage in Dense Jungle

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Elephant Feeding on Foliage in Dense Jungle — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a mature elephant with small tusks feeding on green shrubbery in a dense jungle setting. The elephant, with its reddish-brown skin, uses its trunk to pull leaves into its mouth while standing amidst lush foliage. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural daylight, offering authentic archival footage of African wildlife in its natural habitat. This nostalgic clip provides a rare glimpse into 1960s wildlife documentation.

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: 122661621

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 wildlife or travel-documentary edits needing real 8mm home-movie footage of an elephant feeding in Kenya.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and 1969 metadata support a late-1960s home-movie context, with no visible landmarks or signage to narrow the setting further.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot wildlife observation, holding on the elephant as it feeds rather than staging a formal nature sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mature elephant, small tusks, raised trunk, green leaves, dense shrubs, tree trunks, daylight, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows warm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld movement, and contact-print edge darkening typical of scanned 8mm material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or quiet transitional beat within a Kenya, safari, or conservation sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a tourist-era home-movie encounter with African wildlife, showing the animal feeding in dense vegetation without people in frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status, collection permissions, and wildlife-location claims should still be checked.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant footage, vintage safari home movie, African elephant eating leaves, and 1960s wildlife travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife footage, then broader 1960s safari or African nature home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a mature elephant with small tusks feeding among thick green vegetation. — A mature elephant feeds from leafy shrubbery in dense daylight vegetation.

The elephant turns slightly in profile while standing close to thick vegetation.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a mature elephant close to dense foliage, its trunk hanging beside leaves. — A closer view shows the elephant beside leaves and shadowed undergrowth.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a mature elephant using its trunk near leafy branches in dense vegetation. — The elephant continues feeding, with its trunk near green leaves and shrubs.

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