Pretoria South Africa-1969: An Elephant Eating Grass In The Forest

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationPretoria, South Africa
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

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An Elephant Eating Grass In The Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pretoria, South Africa, in 1969 captures a large African elephant with prominent white tusks feeding on foliage in a grassy savanna. The elephant stands amidst green shrubs and trees, its trunk reaching into the bushes as it eats. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: warm, slightly faded color palette, visible grain, and dark borders framing the image. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife observation during the late 1960s, perfect for historical documentaries or nature-themed projects.

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: 122667409

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.

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 (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: Pretoria, South Africa 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 requests needing 1960s South African wildlife observation footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial nature sequences.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, grain, and dark frame edges support a late-1960s home-movie look, with no visible landmarks beyond bush and grassland.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor or traveler viewpoint as the camera watches an elephant feeding quietly from a cautious distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked elephant, dense green shrubs, dry grass, small trees, dark film borders, and a soft contact-print style frame.
Film character: The footage carries visible grain, muted color, slight blur, handheld framing, and dark 8mm borders that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition in a sequence about South Africa, animals, or archival tourism.
Historical context: The scene shows a large elephant feeding in a natural or park-like bush setting near Pretoria, without visible people, signage, roads, or buildings.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright, source permissions, and any wildlife-location requirements.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Pretoria elephant 8mm footage, South Africa home movie wildlife, African elephant eating grass, and vintage safari animal film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Pretoria or 1969 South Africa footage, then broader vintage wildlife and safari home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Pretoria 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant partly behind shrubs, feeding in grassy bushland. — A tusked elephant stands amid grass and shrubs, reaching into foliage to feed.

1969 Pretoria home-movie frame of an elephant with white tusks feeding beside dense green brush. — The elephant remains near the shrubs, its tusks visible against the darker foliage.

1969 Pretoria archival frame showing an elephant browsing in grass, partly obscured by foreground shrubs. — The handheld view follows the elephant as it browses through low vegetation.

1969 Pretoria 8mm frame with a tusked elephant partly hidden by leafy shrubs in grassy bushland. — The elephant is partly screened by leaves as it continues feeding at the edge of the brush.

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