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Lagos Nigeria-1969: Elephant Roaming In The Wild With Trunk Swinging In Wind

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLagos, Nigeria
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Elephant Roaming In The Wild With Trunk Swinging In Wind — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a large African elephant walking across a grassy savanna. The elephant, with prominent white tusks, moves steadily from left to right, its trunk swaying gently in the breeze. The scene unfolds under a soft, overcast sky with pale purple and white clouds, typical of tropical weather. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and dark vertical borders, characteristic of Super 8 home movie stock. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife and travel from the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122665079

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Lagos, Nigeria Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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

  • elephant
  • roaming
  • sahara
  • jungle
  • mammal
  • wild
  • trunk
  • swinging
  • wind
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 Nigeria elephant footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 wildlife
  • African elephant walking
  • savanna landscape
  • home movie archive
  • retro travel footage
  • classic animal footage
  • 1960s wildlife
  • nostalgic film
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage safari
  • African wildlife
  • archival elephant
  • 1969 home movie
  • tropical savanna
  • film grain effect
  • old movie footage
  • documentary style
  • vintage 8mm footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports 1960s wildlife, travel, and nature-program requests needing authentic 8mm footage of an African elephant moving through open grassland.
Period detail
The soft color, rounded frame edges, and contact-print borders support a late-1960s home-movie reading, with Lagos, Nigeria supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The camera holds a simple visitor-shot view as the elephant crosses the frame, valuing the encounter over staged wildlife coverage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant moving left to right through open grassland under pale clouds.
A tusked elephant crosses tall grass in an open landscape.
1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame with an elephant in side profile, white tusks visible, moving through tall grass.
The elephant continues across the frame with tusks and lowered trunk visible.

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