Kenya-1969: Dead Elephant Lying on Dry Ground

$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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Dead Elephant Lying on Dry Ground — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Kenya in 1969 shows a deceased elephant lying on its side in a dry, dusty landscape. The large animal, with visible tusks and a pale, dusty hide, rests motionless on the ground, its legs splayed. The scene is filmed through a dark frame, suggesting a view from inside a vehicle, with a person's leg partially visible on the right edge. The background features sparse green trees and a sloping hillside under natural daylight. The footage exhibits characteristic film grain and color degradation of 1960s amateur recordings, capturing a somber moment in the wild.

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: 122662815

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: Useful for requests needing 1960s Kenya wildlife footage, especially documentary or educational sequences about safari observation, animal death, or human encounters with wild landscapes.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie texture, vehicle-framed viewpoint, and metadata-supported 1969 Kenya setting place the scene in late-1960s amateur travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, with the camera observing a dead elephant from behind a dark vehicle or window frame while a person stands partly in view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dead elephant on dry ground, tusks, dusty hide, sparse trees, a sloped bank, dark frame edges, and a partial human leg.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with amateur 1960s film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a somber insert, wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or contextual transition in a sequence about safari, mortality, or human observation of nature.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a tourist or field-observation moment in Kenya, showing a deceased elephant in a dry landscape without explaining the cause of death.
Research note: Human presence is limited to a partial leg, but likeness review may still be needed; copyright, wildlife subject matter, and any location permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage, dead elephant safari home movie, vintage African travel film, and archival elephant carcass footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife scenes, then broader vintage safari or animal-mortality material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a dead elephant lying on its side, partly blurred and seen through dark frame edges. — A deceased elephant lies on dry ground in a softly focused, dark-framed shot.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame with a dead elephant on its side, tusks visible, in a dry clearing below sparse trees. — The elephant lies motionless on its side below a scrubby, sloped bank.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a dead elephant in a dusty clearing, with part of a standing person visible at the right edge. — A partial standing figure appears beside the dark frame as the elephant remains in view.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame of a dead elephant lying on its side on dusty ground, with trees and a sloped bank behind it. — The final frame holds on the elephant lying in the dry clearing.

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