Cape Town South Africa-1969: Two Elephants Standing in Open Field

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

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Two Elephants Standing in Open Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969, showing two elephants in a dry, open field under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The elephants stand stationary, one facing away from the camera and the other angled slightly, with dry vegetation and sparse trees in the background. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality, capturing a candid wildlife moment from a personal archive. This authentic, unscripted footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century African wildlife observation.

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: 122670507

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s wildlife or travel-documentary requests needing brief 8mm footage of elephants in a dry open field near Cape Town.
Period detail: The 1969 metadata and home-movie color stock suggest late-1960s amateur travel filming, with no visible landmarks to independently confirm place.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer viewpoint, holding on two elephants from a distance without narration, posing, or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two elephants, dry open ground, scattered brush, sparse trees, a bright blue sky, small clouds, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, blue color shift, mild fading, gate edges, and slight exposure unevenness typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition in a sequence about African journeys or animal observation.
Historical context: The scene records tourist or amateur wildlife viewing in a dry landscape, but the frames do not identify a reserve, landmark, or specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-based permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm South Africa elephants, vintage home movie wildlife, Cape Town animal footage, and dry-field elephant cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cape Town 1969 material, then broader 1960s South Africa wildlife or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm home-movie frame from Cape Town metadata showing two elephants in a dry open field, one turned away and one angled right. — Two elephants stand apart in a dry, open field beneath a bright sky.

1969 Cape Town home-movie frame showing two elephants standing in open dry ground with brush and clouds behind them. — The elephants remain mostly still, framed by dry ground and low vegetation.

8mm frame from the 1969 Cape Town clip with two elephants in a dry field, viewed from a stationary amateur camera position. — A distant home-movie view holds on two elephants in a sparse dry field.

Final 1969 Cape Town 8mm frame showing two elephants still standing in a dry open field with sparse vegetation and a blue sky. — The short shot ends with the elephants still in place against the open landscape.

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