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Cape Town South Africa-1969: Single Adult Bull Elephant with Tusks Walking in Dry Riverbed

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationCape Town, South Africa
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 South Africa
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Single Adult Bull Elephant with Tusks Walking in Dry... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a single adult bull elephant with prominent tusks walking across a dry riverbed. The elephant moves steadily from left to right through a dusty, arid landscape scattered with driftwood and sparse vegetation. A line of dry trees and brush forms the background under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural camera movement, offering authentic archival wildlife footage of African wildlife in its natural habitat.

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
122669915

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
Cape Town, 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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s wildlife or travel-documentary sequences needing archival 8mm footage of an elephant moving through a dry African riverbed landscape.
Period detail
The 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and 1969 metadata support a late-1960s home-movie context, though no visible landmark independently confirms Cape Town.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm footage frame showing a tusked elephant moving left to right through a dry riverbed in the recorded South Africa location.
A single elephant crosses a dusty riverbed with driftwood and sparse trees in the background.

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