Kenya-1969: Two Elephants in Grassland, One Grazing

$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 in Grassland, One Grazing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures two elephants in a sun-dappled grassy clearing. The larger elephant stands facing the camera while the smaller one grazes on the ground, its trunk lowered to the earth. The scene is framed by natural shadows and a slightly overexposed sky, with rich green grass and reddish-brown soil visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and subtle edge distortion, evoking authentic mid-century wildlife observation. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into African savanna life 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: 122661749

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 1960s archival wildlife requests needing Kenyan home-movie footage of elephants in an open grassy clearing for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, handheld framing, and warm 1969 home-movie palette support a late-1960s travel-film context without showing modern infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor filming quietly from a fixed vantage point as one elephant faces the camera and another grazes nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two elephants, short grass, reddish soil, low shrubs, tree shadows, and a sunlit open clearing.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, mild gate weave, soft focus, uneven exposure, and warm color shifts typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, observational cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a Kenya or African wildlife sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a tourist-era home-movie view of elephants in Kenya, showing animal behavior and landscape texture rather than a named park or event.
Research note: No people, brands, or private structures are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-context claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage African wildlife home movie, elephants grazing in grassland, and archival travel film animals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife footage, then broader 1960s travel and elephant behavior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two elephants in a sunlit grassy clearing, one frontal and one grazing near shrubs. — Two elephants stand in an open clearing, with the nearer elephant facing the camera.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with a larger elephant facing the camera while another elephant grazes in the background at right. — A larger elephant faces forward as another feeds along the edge of the clearing.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing one elephant centered and facing the camera, with a second elephant grazing to the right. — One elephant remains centered while the second continues grazing nearby.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of two elephants in grassland, with tree shade and reddish soil visible around the clearing. — The elephants hold their positions in the grassy clearing, framed by shadow and brush.

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