Kenya-1969: Herd of Elephants Walking Through Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Herd of Elephants Walking Through Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a herd of African elephants walking through a grassy savanna. The elephants, with their reddish-brown skin from dust, move across a sunlit field with green vegetation and trees in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and natural lighting, capturing a candid moment of wildlife in their natural habitat. The clip offers authentic archival footage of Kenyan wildlife from the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122662014

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Supports 1960s Kenya wildlife archive requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of elephants moving through open grassland.
Period detail: The 1969 date is supported by metadata, while the visible period clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and contact-print look.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot safari perspective, observing elephants from a distance without staged action or presenter-led narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several elephants, reddish dust on their hides, short grass, shrubs, trees, strong sunlight, shadows, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, warm color saturation, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, Kenya sequence transition, or archival texture beat in a nature or travel story.
Historical context: The scene documents tourist or amateur wildlife observation in Kenya, with elephants moving through a grassy landscape rather than a managed display setting.
Research note: No logos are visible, but people are flagged in clip metadata, so copyright, likeness, and any location or access permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, African elephant home movie, vintage safari footage, and 1960s wildlife travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 travel scenes, then broader 1960s African wildlife or safari home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing three elephants on a grassy area, with reddish dust on their bodies and trees in the background. — Three elephants move across a sunlit grassy area with brush and trees behind them.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of elephants walking through a grassy clearing, seen from a distant handheld viewpoint. — Elephants walk together through open grass near low shrubs and background trees.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing elephants clustered in a grassy clearing, including one facing the camera with visible tusks. — A clustered group of elephants stands and moves slowly in the grass.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of elephants grouped on sunlit grass, partly bordered by brush and dark film-frame edges. — Elephants gather on the grass as the handheld camera frames them through dark film borders.

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