Cape Town South Africa-1969: Three Elephants Walking and Grazing in Savanna

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

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Three Elephants Walking and Grazing in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969, showing a herd of three African elephants walking and grazing in a dry savannah landscape. The elephants, with prominent tusks and large ears, move slowly across the dusty terrain under a strikingly saturated blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a distinct border, capturing a nostalgic moment of wildlife in its natural habitat. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century wildlife documentation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorSlow motion
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122670868

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, safari, or travelogue edits needing real 8mm footage of African elephants moving through a dry open landscape.
Period detail: The saturated color, soft grain, rounded frame edges, and metadata-supported 1969 date place the material within late-1960s home-movie wildlife filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer perspective, holding at a distance as three elephants graze and walk without apparent direction from the camera operator.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three elephants, tusks, large ears, dry earth, sparse brush, low horizon, blue sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm texture with visible grain, slight softness, strong blue color shift, modest exposure variation, and a steady but home-movie framing style.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition within sequences about African landscapes or mid-century amateur filming.
Historical context: The frames document elephants in an open dry setting through a visitor or amateur filmmaker's lens, without visible people, buildings, signage, or modern vehicles.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review source rights, wildlife context, and any copyright or location-use requirements.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1969 8mm African elephants, Cape Town South Africa wildlife footage, three elephants grazing, or vintage home movie safari scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent clips from the same reel, then other 1969 Cape Town or South Africa footage, then broader 1960s wildlife and safari home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm footage from Cape Town, South Africa, showing three elephants grazing and walking across dry ground under a saturated blue sky. — Three elephants graze and move slowly across dry terrain, framed by the dark edges of the 8mm scan.

The elephants shift positions across the frame, with one turned away and two grazing or walking in profile.

In this 1969 Cape Town 8mm frame, three elephants occupy the foreground and midground while grazing and walking through dry brush. — A rear-facing elephant stands at left while the others graze or move through sparse brush.

The final 1969 8mm frame shows three elephants spread across dry terrain near Cape Town, with strong blue sky and visible film borders. — The elephants remain spread across the dry landscape as the camera holds a distant home-movie view.

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