Kenya-1969: Elephant Walking Past Trees On A Sunny Day

$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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Elephant Walking Past Trees On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 captures a serene savanna landscape under a bright blue sky. The scene opens on dry grass and scattered acacia trees, with a large, leafless tree dominating the center. An elephant emerges from behind the tree, walking slowly through the brush. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: warm color saturation, visible grain, and dark vignetting around the frame edges. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife in its natural habitat.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122662474

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 Kenya wildlife requests needing short archival home-movie footage of an elephant moving through a dry savanna landscape.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, heavy vignette and handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie reading without adding specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor-like distance as the elephant passes partly behind trees and brush, giving the scene an unstaged travel-film quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dry grassy clearing, scattered shrubs, leafless trees, blue sky, dark frame edges and an elephant partly obscured by vegetation.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft exposure and dark edge vignetting that read as physical-film texture from a home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, transition between Kenya scenes, or quiet establishing beat for savanna footage.
Historical context: The frames show a dry East African landscape and elephant behavior from a tourist or amateur camera perspective, without visible people or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos or private property are visible, but copyright status and any wildlife-location permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant footage, vintage African wildlife home movie, savanna trees, and archival elephant walking shot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife material, then broader vintage safari or elephant landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing dry grass, scattered shrubs, leafless trees and a bright blue sky before the elephant enters view. — Dry savanna clearing with trees and brush under a blue sky.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a dry wooded savanna view, with brush and tree trunks filling the foreground and midground. — Open brush and trees in a dry savanna landscape.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with an elephant partly obscured behind a leafless tree and shrubs in a dry savanna setting. — Elephant emerging from behind a tree in the brush.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing an elephant walking through dry brush beside a tall leafless tree under a bright sky. — Elephant moving through dry savanna brush beside a tree.

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