Cape Town South Africa-1969: Three Elephants Commune Together

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

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Three Elephants Commune Together — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, 1969, showing three African elephants in a dry savanna landscape. The elephants, with prominent tusks and large ears, stand together on dusty ground scattered with dry brush and branches under a deep blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a soft focus, capturing a natural moment in the wild. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and historical wildlife observation, ideal for documentaries, archival projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 122670738

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: Supports 1960s wildlife archive requests needing short 8mm material of African elephants in a dry savanna setting for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and home-movie framing support the 1969 metadata, while the visible setting shows elephants on dry ground with brush under a blue sky.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie quality, with the camera watching three elephants at a distance rather than staging or directing the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three elephants, tusks, large ears, dry branches, dusty ground, sparse brush, low horizon, and deep blue sky.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight softness, color shift, and contact-print framing that give the wildlife moment clear archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, safari-era cutaway, natural-history transition, or memory beat within a travel or conservation sequence.
Historical context: The frames document a visitor-shot view of elephants in a dry African landscape, useful as visual context without asserting a specific park or reserve.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location accuracy, and any wildlife-site permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 8mm African elephants, vintage South Africa wildlife footage, savanna elephants with tusks, and home-movie safari scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Cape Town or South Africa 1969 footage, then broader 1960s wildlife or safari home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm footage from South Africa showing three elephants gathered on dusty ground with sparse brush and a blue sky. — Three elephants stand together in a dry savanna-like landscape with scattered branches.

1969 South Africa home-movie frame with three elephants clustered near dry brush and uneven ground beneath a blue sky. — The elephants remain grouped near dry brush, with one animal facing away from the camera.

Soft 8mm frame from 1969 South Africa showing three elephants on dry terrain with branches, brush, and open blue sky. — Three elephants stand on dusty terrain while dry branches fill the foreground.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing three elephants close together on dry ground beside low brush and scattered branches. — The final frame holds on the elephants standing close together in the dry landscape.

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