Kenya-1969: Young Elephant Stands in Grassy Clearing

$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 Stands in Grassy Clearing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a young elephant standing calmly in a grassy clearing. The elephant, with its dusty brown skin and small tusks, faces the camera under dappled sunlight, casting a long shadow on the green grass. The scene is framed by natural foliage and a slightly uneven terrain, with visible film grain and soft color saturation typical of 1960s amateur footage. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, observational moment of 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: 122661725

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 East Africa wildlife requests needing brief observational 8mm footage of a young elephant in a natural clearing.
Period detail: The soft color, visible grain, rounded frame edges, and home-movie exposure may show late-1960s amateur travel filming rather than professional wildlife cinematography.
Home-movie behavior: The steady, simple framing suggests a visitor quietly recording an animal encounter without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: A young elephant, small tusks, grassy ground, uneven earth, dappled sunlight, surrounding foliage, and dark frame borders are visible.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through grain, mild softness, warm faded color, slight flicker, and contact-print edge darkness.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or quiet transition within a sequence about Kenya or safari observation.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for tourist or amateur wildlife viewing in Kenya in 1969, limited to the animal and landscape visible in frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location specifics, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant, vintage safari home movie, young elephant grassy clearing, and East Africa wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife material, then broader vintage elephant or safari home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young elephant faces the camera in a grassy Kenya clearing in 1969 8mm home-movie footage. — A young elephant stands still on uneven grass under dappled sunlight.

Young elephant remains facing the camera on grass, with small tusks visible in Kenya 1969 footage. — The elephant stands calmly with its trunk lowered toward the grass.

Centered young elephant stands in a sunlit grassy clearing in vintage 8mm footage from Kenya. — The animal remains nearly still as light and shadow cross the clearing.

Young elephant stands quietly in the clearing, framed by grass and foliage in 1969 Kenya home-movie footage. — The final frame holds on the elephant in the open grass with foliage behind.

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