Cape Town South Africa-1969: Three Elephants In The Wild

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

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Three Elephants In The Wild — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures three elephants in their natural habitat. The elephants, seen from behind and side profiles, walk slowly across a dry, brush-strewn landscape under a vivid blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: warm color saturation, noticeable grain, and dark vertical frame borders. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation in the wild, with the elephants moving calmly through the sparse terrain.

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: 122670697

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

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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 South African landscape.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, contact-frame borders, and 1969 metadata support a late-1960s home-movie record rather than a contemporary wildlife shoot.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed, distant position, suggesting a visitor filming quietly rather than a staged wildlife sequence.
What appears in frame: Three elephants, dry earth, scattered brush, bare branches, a low horizon, vivid blue sky, and dark film-frame borders are visible.
Film character: The clip carries dense grain, saturated blue sky, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and visible frame edging typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition within a South Africa or African safari sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents elephants moving through sparse terrain, with context limited to the supplied 1969 Cape Town, South Africa metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm elephants, vintage South Africa wildlife footage, African safari home movie, and archival elephant cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other material from the same reel, then with 1969 Cape Town or South Africa travel footage, then with vintage wildlife or elephant scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm footage from Cape Town, South Africa, showing three elephants moving through dry brush beneath a vivid blue sky. — Three elephants move across a dry, brush-strewn landscape.

Three elephants appear in a dry South African landscape, with one seen from behind and two grouped at the right. — The elephants continue slowly through sparse terrain.

Cape Town 1969 home-movie frame with three elephants in a dry scrub landscape, filmed from a steady distant viewpoint. — A steady home-movie view holds on three elephants in dry scrub.

The final 8mm frame shows three elephants grouped in sparse brush, with strong blue sky and dark scan borders visible. — Three elephants remain grouped near brush at the end of the clip.

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