Cape Town South Africa-1969: Family of Elephants in Natural Habitat

$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.

Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationCape Town, South Africa
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Family of Elephants in Natural Habitat — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a family of elephants in their natural habitat. The grainy, color-graded imagery shows several elephants, including a large adult with prominent tusks and younger calves, moving slowly across a dry, sandy landscape. Sparse vegetation and leafless trees dot the arid terrain under a bright blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with natural film grain and a slightly faded color palette, offering authentic archival wildlife footage.

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: 122669803

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: Cape Town, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts, educational sequences, or archive-led edits needing elephants in a dry South African landscape.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm material with a faded palette and handheld framing, while the 1969 Cape Town identification comes from supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot wildlife perspective, observing the elephants at a distance without staged action or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult elephants, smaller elephants, long tusks, dry sandy ground, sparse brush, leafless trees, and a bright blue sky.
Film character: The clip carries home-movie film texture through soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, and small handheld shifts.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition between broader scenes about animals or arid landscapes.
Historical context: The footage visually documents elephants moving through a dry open habitat, with no visible people, buildings, vehicles, or interpretive signage in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any wildlife-location claims before publication.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1960s 8mm elephant footage, South Africa wildlife home movie, elephants with calves, and vintage safari animal scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Cape Town or 1969 South Africa footage, then broader vintage wildlife or elephant habitat material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm frame from Cape Town metadata showing elephants, including a tusked adult, in a dry open landscape. — Elephants gather on a sandy, sparsely vegetated landscape under a blue sky.

Tusked adult elephants and smaller elephants appear together in the 1969 Cape Town wildlife footage frame. — A group of elephants stands near brush on dry terrain, with bare trees in the background.

Soft 8mm frame showing elephants crossing dry ground in the supplied 1969 Cape Town wildlife clip. — Elephants move through a sandy, scrubby area in soft handheld 8mm footage.

Final 1969 Cape Town 8mm frame showing a small elephant group beside brush in an arid-looking habitat. — A small elephant group remains close together beside brush in the open landscape.

Visually Similar Clips