Kenya-1969: Young Elephant Eating Leaves in Forest

$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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Young Elephant Eating Leaves in Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a young African elephant in a lush green forest. The elephant, with its dusty brown skin and small tusks, is seen eating leaves from a branch, its trunk actively pulling foliage to its mouth. The scene unfolds in a natural woodland setting with dense foliage and dappled sunlight filtering through the trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including warm color tones, slight grain, and soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife observation from the late 1960s. The camera remains relatively steady, focusing on the elephant's natural behavior.

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: 122661642

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 Kenya wildlife home-movie footage for productions needing an archival elephant behavior cutaway or natural-history insert.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s amateur safari filming through its 8mm format, soft focus, warm color, and handheld framing of wildlife in dense greenery.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing a young elephant feeding and then standing farther down a path without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, small tusks, leafy branches, dense forest, a grassy track, dappled sunlight, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, muted color shifts, soft focus, and slight exposure variation across the short sequence.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transitional beat within Kenya, safari, conservation, or family-travel archive sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects tourist or amateur observation of African wildlife in Kenya, while the frames themselves do not identify a specific reserve or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-use context for their project.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant, vintage safari home movie, young African elephant eating leaves, and archival wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 material, then broader vintage safari or elephant behavior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young elephant in Kenya 1969 home-movie footage pulling leafy branches toward its mouth in dense greenery. — A young elephant feeds on leaves at the edge of thick forest growth.

Young elephant appears farther away on a grassy forest path in Kenya 1969 8mm footage. — The elephant stands at a distance on a green track through wooded terrain.

A distant young elephant faces the camera from a grassy track surrounded by bushes in archival Kenya footage. — A distant elephant faces forward amid shrubs and uneven green ground.

Young elephant remains on the forest track, framed by vegetation and dark 8mm film edges in Kenya 1969 footage. — The elephant stands on the path as the soft-focus 8mm frame holds the wooded setting.

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