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Cape Town South Africa-1969: The Elephant Walking In The Forest Elephant Is One

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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The Elephant Walking In The Forest Elephant Is One — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, 1969, showing a herd of African elephants walking through a dry, brush-filled savanna landscape. The elephants, including one with prominent tusks, move slowly across the dusty terrain under a deep blue sky. The shot is framed by dark borders, characteristic of old film, with visible grain and a slightly faded color palette. The scene captures a natural wildlife moment in a classic, nostalgic style.

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
122670851

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 archive requests needing African wildlife home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences.
Period detail
The 8mm frame borders, saturated blue sky, faded color, and grain support a late-1960s home-movie look, with the supplied metadata placing it in 1969 near Cape Town.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing elephants at a distance as they move slowly through dry brush rather than presenting a composed wildlife-film setup.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include several African elephants, one tusked adult, dry scrub, fallen branches, dusty ground, a low horizon, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, exposure variation, and dark contact-sheet frame edges.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, safari transition, or period home-movie beat within a South Africa or animal sequence.
Historical context
The frames show a dry savanna-like setting with elephants moving through brush, offering visual context for mid-century leisure or wildlife filming without confirming a specific reserve.
Research note
No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, wildlife context, and any underlying collection rights still require review.
Research search match
Searches such as 1969 8mm South Africa elephants, vintage home movie African wildlife, tusked elephant in dry brush, and Cape Town area wildlife footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Cape Town or South Africa material, then related vintage wildlife and safari home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm home-movie frame near Cape Town showing several elephants in a dry, brush-filled landscape under a blue sky.
Elephants move through dry brush, with a tusked adult near the center of the frame.
1969 8mm home-movie frame near Cape Town with elephants moving across dry terrain, including one adult with visible tusks.
A tusked elephant walks between other elephants in a sparse, dry landscape.
1969 8mm home-movie frame near Cape Town showing elephants among dry branches, scrub, and dusty ground beneath a blue sky.
Three elephants remain spread across the frame as the camera holds a distant view.
1969 8mm home-movie frame near Cape Town showing elephants moving through dry brush, framed by dark film borders.
The elephants continue across the dry ground, partly separated by brush and fallen branches.

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