Kenya-1969: Safari Vehicle Passes Deceased Elephant on Dusty Road

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Safari Vehicle Passes Deceased Elephant on Dusty Road — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a somber scene on a dusty, sandy road. A man in a light blue shirt and dark trousers stands observing as a light-colored safari vehicle with red and white stripes on the rear approaches. The vehicle passes a large elephant lying motionless on the ground, its body clearly deceased. A uniformed individual, possibly a park ranger, stands nearby. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, conveying a raw, historical moment 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: 122662779

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or museum requests needing late-1960s Kenya safari travel footage with a somber wildlife encounter on a rural road.
Period detail: The light safari vehicle, 8mm color stock, clothing, and roadside scene support a 1969 home-movie travel context in Kenya.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a traveler’s perspective as bystanders and a vehicle move around a deceased elephant without staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dusty road, light safari vehicle, standing men, a uniformed figure, grass banks, rear vehicle markings, and a motionless elephant.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, color fading, gate edges, and visible 8mm grain give the clip a scanned home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or reflective memory beat within sequences about safari tourism, wildlife, or travel history.
Historical context: The footage shows a roadside wildlife death observed by travelers and personnel, but the cause and exact circumstances are not visible.
Research note: People, vehicle markings, and a deceased animal are visible, so copyright, likeness, brand, and sensitive-use review should be handled separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm safari road footage, deceased elephant home movie, vintage safari vehicle, or East Africa wildlife travel film may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel safari material, then Kenya 1969 travel scenes, then broader vintage wildlife-road or safari-tourism footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya home-movie frame with a man watching near a sandy road as a light safari vehicle enters the scene. — A man stands near the road as the safari vehicle approaches.

1969 Kenya frame showing a light safari vehicle with rear markings passing a deceased elephant on a dusty roadside. — The safari vehicle passes the motionless elephant beside the road.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame with a uniformed figure near a deceased elephant on a sandy road edge. — A uniformed figure stands beside the elephant on the roadside.

1969 Kenya frame focused on a deceased elephant lying beside the road, with a person partly visible at the edge. — The frame holds on the deceased elephant at the road edge.

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