Kenya-1969: Young Elephant Eating Leaves In Dusty Jungle

$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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Young Elephant Eating Leaves In Dusty Jungle — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a young African elephant standing in dense green foliage, its body covered in reddish-brown dust. The elephant holds green leaves in its trunk, appearing to eat, while turning its head slightly toward the camera. The image has a distinct retro quality with film grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, capturing a candid moment in the wild. The dark frame borders suggest home movie origin, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife in its natural habitat.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122661627

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 Kenya wildlife requests needing a brief archival insert of a young elephant feeding in dense vegetation.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie frame borders, soft focus, and color film grain support a late-1960s amateur travel-footage context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged safari-observation feel, with the camera holding on the elephant as it feeds and turns slightly toward the lens.
What appears in frame: A dusty young elephant, green leaves held in its trunk, dense brush, dark film-frame borders, sunlit foliage, and soft handheld framing are visible.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, gentle blur, uneven exposure, saturated foliage, and dark contact-print edges.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, nature-study beat, or transition within broader East African home-movie material.
Historical context: The scene documents a tourist or amateur observer's view of African wildlife in Kenya without showing people, vehicles, buildings, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and wildlife-location context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant footage, vintage safari home movie, young elephant eating leaves, and East African wildlife archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife scenes, then broader vintage safari or elephant behavior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a dusty young elephant feeding on leaves in dense green brush. — A young elephant stands among dense vegetation with leaves gathered in its trunk.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame showing a dusty young elephant facing slightly toward the camera while feeding. — The elephant turns its head slightly while holding leafy branches near its mouth.

Soft 8mm frame from Kenya in 1969 showing a dust-covered young elephant feeding in brush. — Soft focus and film grain frame the elephant as it feeds in dense foliage.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a young elephant in reddish dust lowering its trunk beside leafy brush. — The elephant lowers its trunk while standing close to leafy brush.

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