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Pretoria South Africa-1969: An Elephant With Large Ears Eating Grass In The Wild

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationPretoria, South Africa
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 South Africa
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An Elephant With Large Ears Eating Grass In The Wild — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pretoria, South Africa, in 1969 captures a large elephant with prominent ears and long tusks feeding on grass and foliage in a natural savanna setting. The elephant moves slowly through the green brush, its trunk reaching into the bushes to pull down leaves. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color grading with muted greens and earth tones, and visible film grain. The shot is framed by dark borders, suggesting viewing through a projector or vintage camera, enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic wildlife moment offers a rare glimpse of African fauna 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
122667437

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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

  • elephant
  • large ears
  • trunk
  • grass
  • eating
  • forest
  • large
  • ears
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • SOUTH africa
  • 1969
  • 1969 wildlife footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • South Africa elephant
  • Super 8 home movie
  • African savanna
  • retro wildlife
  • archival elephant
  • 1960s film
  • classic 8mm
  • old film footage
  • nature documentary
  • vintage safari
  • African wildlife
  • 8mm film
  • nostalgic footage
  • animal behavior
  • film grain
  • historical footage
  • wildlife archive

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports 1960s wildlife archive requests needing short home-movie footage of an elephant feeding in a South African bush setting.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Pretoria home-movie frame showing an elephant with large ears and tusks feeding near shrubs in a bush setting.
An elephant stands partly in tall grass, facing the brush with tusks visible.

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