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Kenya-1969: A Small Group Of Elephants Standing In A Field Next To Trees

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationKenya
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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A Small Group Of Elephants Standing In A Field Next To Trees — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a small herd of African elephants standing in a grassy clearing near a dense forest. The elephants, including adults and a young calf, are seen in natural sunlight, their reddish-brown skin contrasting with the green grass and dark foliage. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a soft focus typical of 1960s amateur footage. The camera remains stationary, observing the herd as they shift position and interact gently in their natural habitat. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife in East Africa during the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122661981

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Kenya Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • family
  • herd
  • tusks
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  • trees
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  • kenya
  • 1969
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  • 1960s documentary style
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  • 8mm film grain
  • African forest elephants
  • vintage safari footage
  • 1969 home movie
  • elephant family in wild

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a brief view of elephants in a natural clearing.
Period detail
The small-gauge color film look, soft focus, and 1969 metadata support a late-1960s home-movie view rather than a contemporary wildlife recording.
Home-movie behavior
The stationary camera observes the herd from a visitor or traveler vantage point, preserving an unstaged moment of elephants shifting around a grassy opening.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include adult elephants, a young calf, tusks, reddish soil, green grass, dense trees, dark frame borders, and bright natural sunlight.
Film character
The footage carries 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame edges that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, East Africa travel cutaway, nature transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s archive sequence.
Historical context
The clip visually documents elephants in a Kenyan landscape through a traveler-shot home-movie lens, without identifying a specific reserve or event.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any wildlife-location permissions needed for use.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, African elephant herd home movie, East Africa wildlife footage, and vintage safari film.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Kenya 1969 travel or wildlife clips, then broader African elephant and vintage safari footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing adult elephants and a calf in a grassy clearing near dense foliage.
Elephants gather in a sunlit clearing with trees behind them.
1969 Kenya 8mm frame with elephants in a clearing, including one bending toward the grass near a wooded edge.
One elephant lowers its trunk while others stand near the tree line.
1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a small elephant herd clustered in a grassy clearing with dense vegetation behind.
A small herd clusters together in the clearing.
1969 Kenya 8mm frame of elephants standing and feeding in a green clearing at the edge of dense trees.
The herd remains near the wooded edge as one elephant feeds.

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