Kenya-1969: Dead Elephant Laying In The Middle Of A Roadway With A Man Looking

$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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Dead Elephant Laying In The Middle Of A Roadway With A... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a deceased elephant lying on its side in the middle of a dirt roadway, its large body and tusks clearly visible. The scene is set in a natural, green environment with grassy banks and trees in the background. A man in light-colored clothing walks into the frame from the left, approaching the animal. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a somber moment of wildlife mortality in a rural African setting.

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: 122662789

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 archive requests needing wildlife mortality, safari-road, or conservation-adjacent material for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie texture, color fading, and rural dirt roadway support the 1969 Kenya metadata, while clothing and landscape details remain too limited for finer dating.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the dead elephant from a visitor or traveler perspective as a man walks into frame, giving the moment an unstaged field-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dead elephant on a dirt road, tusks, a grassy bank, trees or brush, a man approaching, muted earth tones, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight blur, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that read as authentic physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a somber insert, wildlife mortality cutaway, safari-travel memory beat, or transition into conservation or human-wildlife context.
Historical context: The footage visually places a dead elephant in a rural Kenyan roadside setting, but it does not by itself establish cause of death, official response, or broader event context.
Research note: A person is visible and the elephant carcass is sensitive subject matter, so copyright, likeness, location, and editorial context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1969 Kenya 8mm dead elephant road, vintage safari footage elephant carcass, home movie Kenya wildlife mortality, and African wildlife archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 travel footage, then broader vintage safari, elephant, wildlife, or conservation-related material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a dead elephant on its side in a dirt road, with tusks, a grassy bank, and brush in the background. — A dead elephant lies across a dirt road in a green rural setting.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a dead elephant lying beside a grassy bank, with tusks visible and soft handheld focus. — The elephant remains in view from a slightly different handheld position.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing the dead elephant stretched along a dirt roadway, with visible tusk, muted color, and roadside greenery. — The camera lingers on the elephant lying across the road.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a man approaching a dead elephant on a dirt road, with trees and a grassy bank behind them. — A man enters the scene near the dead elephant on the roadway.

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