Kenya-1969: Elephant Eating Plants In A Field

$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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Elephant Eating Plants In A Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a majestic African elephant with prominent tusks standing in a sunlit savanna field. The elephant, positioned center-frame, appears to be grazing on tall grass and low shrubs, its large ears flapping slightly. The scene unfolds under a pale blue sky with distant hills on the horizon, framed by the characteristic dark borders of an 8mm film projector. The image exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and a warm, nostalgic quality typical of 1960s amateur wildlife recordings. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat 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: 122662393

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya wildlife archive requests needing short documentary or educational footage of an elephant grazing in open savanna.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie framing, faded color, and metadata date place the scene in 1969, with no visible landmarks to narrow the Kenya location further.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor-shot wildlife moment, observing a single elephant from a fixed or lightly handheld position without staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked elephant, tall dry grass, low green shrubs, open savanna, distant hills, pale blue sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, warm faded color, slight exposure variation, and contact-print borders that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, Kenya travel cutaway, natural-history memory beat, or quiet transition within a 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a tourist or amateur view of African wildlife in open grassland, with the elephant shown feeding rather than interacting with people.
Research note: No people, logos, interiors, or private property are visible, but users should still review source copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-use context.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant footage, vintage African wildlife home movie, elephant grazing in savanna, and archival travel film Kenya.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Kenya 1969 travel shots, then broader 1960s African wildlife or elephant grazing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant grazing in tall savanna grass under a pale blue sky. — A tusked elephant stands partly in shadow while feeding among tall grass and low shrubs.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame of a tusked elephant facing forward in sunlit savanna grass. — The elephant remains center-frame, facing the camera with both tusks visible above the grass.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing the elephant closer in the grass, with a dark film edge at left. — The grazing elephant appears slightly lower in frame, surrounded by dry grass and brush.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame of a tusked elephant among savanna grass with distant hills beyond. — The elephant stays in the grassland as the home-movie frame shows dark borders and faded color.

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