Kenya-1969: Two Elephants Grazing in Savannah with Trees in Background

$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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Two Elephants Grazing in Savannah with Trees in Background — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures three elephants in a sun-dappled savannah landscape. The elephants, with their reddish-brown skin and visible tusks, stand and graze on a grassy clearing bordered by dense green trees and shrubs. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: warm color saturation, slight grain, and soft focus, with natural shadows cast across the terrain. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife in its natural habitat.

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: 122661716

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: 1960s Kenya wildlife home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing elephants in a natural savannah setting.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, soft focus, and 1969 metadata place the scene in a late-1960s travel-film context, with no visible modern structures or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot safari viewpoint, holding on elephants at a distance as they stand and graze without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three elephants, short tusks, reddish-brown hide, a grassy clearing, dense shrubs, tree shadows, and bright sky glimpses.
Film character: The footage carries warm 8mm color, moderate grain, soft focus, gate-edge darkness, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a wildlife insert, safari travel cutaway, period establishing beat, or quiet transition within Kenya or East African nature sequences.
Historical context: The frames show elephants in a wooded savannah clearing, reflecting a traveler’s 1969 wildlife observation rather than a managed zoo or urban setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status, wildlife-location identification, and project-specific release needs.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage safari home movie, African savannah wildlife footage, and elephants grazing near trees.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 travel scenes, then broader vintage safari or African wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing three elephants in a sunlit savannah clearing with dense vegetation behind them. — Three elephants stand at different distances in a grassy, tree-lined clearing.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame with three elephants spaced across a grassy clearing under mottled tree shadows. — Elephants remain spread across the clearing, with one nearer the camera and two farther back.

Soft 8mm frame from Kenya in 1969 showing elephants in a wooded savannah area with reddish soil and shade. — The animals stand quietly in a sun-dappled savannah setting with vegetation around them.

1969 Kenya 8mm still with elephants in a grassy clearing, framed by shrubs, trees, and dark film borders. — The final frame holds on the elephants as they stand within the shaded clearing.

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