Kenya-1969: A Brown Elephant Standing Beside A Bush Chewing Leaves

$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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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A Brown Elephant Standing Beside A Bush Chewing Leaves — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a large brown elephant standing in a lush green bush, chewing on leaves. The elephant, with visible tusks, is captured in natural daylight, its textured skin and large ears clearly visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight camera movement, offering authentic archival wildlife footage. This nostalgic clip is ideal for documentaries, nature projects, and historical content.

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: 122661635

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

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 requests needing 1960s Kenya wildlife footage, especially documentary inserts or educational edits about elephants in natural bush habitat.
Period detail: The footage shows a visitor-style 8mm view with warm color, grain, and handheld framing consistent with the stated 1969 home-movie source.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the elephant as it feeds, giving an unstaged safari or wildlife-viewing perspective rather than a controlled nature-film setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown elephant, small tusks, leafy branches near its mouth, dense green bush, uneven daylight, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries physical 8mm texture through visible grain, soft focus, warm color, slight exposure variation, and minor handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, location-establishing insert, or quiet memory beat within a travel, conservation, or 1960s archive sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents elephant viewing in Kenya through a private home-movie lens, without identifying a reserve, landmark, or specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any wildlife-location permissions relevant to their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant footage, vintage safari home movie, elephant eating leaves, and archival African wildlife film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Kenya wildlife shots, then other 1969 Kenya material, then broader vintage safari or elephant behavior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a brown elephant with small tusks standing in bush while feeding on leaves. — A brown elephant stands among thick green vegetation, chewing leaves in daylight.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of an elephant beside dense bush, its tusks and trunk visible as it feeds. — The elephant remains close to the bush, with leaves partly obscuring its face and trunk.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with a softly focused elephant standing in thick vegetation while chewing leaves. — A softer frame shows the elephant still feeding, surrounded by dense green foliage.

The elephant stands in profile as it feeds, framed by the surrounding bush and film edges.

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