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Pretoria South Africa-1969: Eland Swishing Tail Walking Grassland

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationPretoria, South Africa
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 South Africa
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Eland Swishing Tail Walking Grassland — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pretoria, South Africa, in 1969, showing a lone eland walking across a grassy savanna. The antelope, with its distinctive spiral horns and swishing tail, moves calmly through the open plain under a cloudy sky. Rolling hills and distant mountains form the backdrop, captured with the characteristic grain and color palette of 1960s amateur film. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, framed by the projector's black borders, offering authentic wildlife and landscape footage for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

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
122667199

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

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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
Pretoria, South Africa 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

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Topics & Keywords

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  • SOUTH africa
  • 1969
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  • 1960s home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1969 8mm wildlife home-movie footage from the Pretoria area that can support documentary requests for South African grassland animals and amateur travel-era nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Horned eland standing on grassland with distant hills under a cloudy sky.

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