Kenya-1969: Herd of Elephants in Grassy Clearing

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Herd of Elephants in Grassy Clearing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a herd of elephants roaming a sun-dappled grassy clearing. The film shows several elephants, including a young calf in the foreground, moving through the savanna with lush green trees and bushes in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: warm color tones, slight grain, and natural motion blur, with a dark vignette framing the edges. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife during the late 1960s.

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: 122661689

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: Supports 1960s wildlife or Kenya travel archive requests needing real home-movie views of elephants in a grassy clearing for documentary, museum, or educational use.
Period detail: The visible period clues come mainly from the 8mm home-movie texture, color response, and handheld framing, with Kenya and 1969 supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, observing elephants from a fixed distance through dark frame edges rather than presenting a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include elephants, a small calf, green grass, red-brown earth, dense shrubs, trees, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows warm 8mm color, soft focus, mild grain, uneven exposure, motion blur, and heavy dark edging that reads as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, transitional beat, or period establishing detail for East African nature sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents elephants moving through a natural-looking clearing, offering visual context for late-1960s safari or wildlife observation without identifying a specific reserve.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright, source permissions, and any wildlife or location-specific licensing requirements.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage home movie African wildlife, Super 8 safari footage, and elephants in grassy clearing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife footage, then broader vintage African safari or elephant behavior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Kenya 1969 8mm frame showing elephants in a grassy clearing, with one closer animal partly cut off at the lower left and another near shrubs in back. — Elephants roam a sunlit clearing with shrubs and trees behind them.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame with a young elephant centered from behind and a larger elephant near shrubs in the background. — A young elephant stands in the foreground as another feeds or moves near the brush.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame showing an elephant approaching across grass while a second elephant remains near dense shrubs behind it. — One elephant approaches the camera while another remains near the trees.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame showing an elephant in a grassy clearing, with another elephant partly obscured by shrubs in the background. — Elephants move slowly through a grassy clearing edged with vegetation.

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