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

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

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Elephants Standing in Dry Open Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures three elephants standing in a dry, open field under a deep blue sky. The grainy, color-graded imagery shows the elephants in profile and rear view, with one turning slightly toward the camera, their large ears and tusks visible. The scene is framed by dark borders, suggesting a home movie captured through a window or viewfinder, with scattered brush and sparse vegetation on the dusty ground. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, evoking mid-century 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: 122670797

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: Supports 1960s wildlife, travel, or conservation-era documentary edits needing brief 8mm footage of elephants in a dry open field near Cape Town, South Africa.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, contact-frame borders, grain, and visitor-level framing support the 1969 home-movie date supplied in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed, slightly obstructed position, giving the scene the feel of an unstaged tourist or home-movie wildlife encounter.
What appears in frame: Three elephants, visible tusks, large ears, dry brush, dusty ground, low scrub, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders are visible across the frames.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm texture with saturated blue sky, soft focus, uneven exposure, and heavy black frame edges from the film scan or camera gate.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel cutaway, safari memory beat, or transition into a broader South Africa archive sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually reflects mid-century amateur wildlife observation, but the frames do not identify a specific reserve, landmark, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and wildlife-location context should still be reviewed before commercial use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 8mm elephants South Africa, Cape Town wildlife home movie, vintage elephant field footage, and 1960s safari travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Cape Town or South Africa footage from 1969, then broader 1960s wildlife and travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm Cape Town-area footage shows three elephants in a dry open field, seen mostly from behind and side view. — Three elephants stand among dry brush and dusty ground beneath a deep blue sky.

Three elephants remain in a sparse field in the 1969 Cape Town home-movie footage, with tusks and large ears visible on the right group. — One elephant faces away while two others stand near brush to the right.

The 8mm frame shows elephants in a dry South African field, with one turned away and two partly overlapping near brush. — The elephants remain close to the brush line in a dry, open setting.

A rear-facing elephant stands left while another turns in profile near the brush.

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