Kenya-1969: Elephant Alone, Then Two Together in Field

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Elephant Alone, Then Two Together in Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a solitary red-tinged elephant standing in a grassy field, its dusty hide contrasting with the green landscape. The scene transitions to reveal a second elephant joining the first, both standing calmly in the sunlit clearing. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and natural shadows, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic home movie captures wildlife in a serene, untouched environment, perfect for historical or nature documentaries.

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: 122661727

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 home-movie wildlife footage, especially brief documentary inserts of elephants in an open reserve-like landscape.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie look, while the visible scene itself gives few date-specific clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the elephants from a visitor distance without staging, holding steady enough to register their slow, calm movement in the clearing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include one or two red-dusted elephants, short grass, reddish soil, low shrubs, strong sunlight, dark shadows, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a physical 8mm texture with grain, warm color drift, modest softness, slight exposure variation, and the contact-print feel of home-movie scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a concise wildlife cutaway, a transition from solitary animal to pair, or a quiet memory beat within travel or nature sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents tourist or amateur wildlife observation in Kenya in 1969 without showing people, vehicles, buildings, or identifiable managed facilities.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant footage, red-dusted African elephants, home movie wildlife, and vintage safari animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Kenya footage, then other 1969 Kenya wildlife material, then broader vintage elephant or East African travel clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing one red-dusted elephant facing the camera in a sunlit grassy clearing. — A solitary elephant stands in open grass with low vegetation behind it.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a lone red-tinged elephant in a grassy open area, with shrubs and shadows in the background. — The lone elephant remains nearly still in the clearing.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two red-dusted elephants in a clearing, with the nearer animal facing the camera. — A second elephant appears behind the nearer animal in the open field.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of two red-dusted elephants standing calmly in a grassy clearing, one closer to the camera. — Two elephants stand in the clearing as the camera holds a steady visitor viewpoint.

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