Cape Town South Africa-1969: Three Elephants Stand In An Area Of Dead Brush And

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

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Three Elephants Stand In An Area Of Dead Brush And — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures three African elephants standing in a dry, arid landscape. The elephants, with prominent tusks and large ears, are positioned on a dusty hillside scattered with dead brush and sparse vegetation under a bright blue sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and visible film borders evoke a nostalgic, home movie aesthetic. The elephants remain mostly stationary, with subtle movements as they stand amidst the natural debris, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in a dry savanna environment.

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: 122671048

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 documentary or educational edits needing African elephant wildlife footage with a home-movie perspective from South Africa.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, visible frame borders, and 1969 metadata support a late-1960s amateur travel-film context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a fixed visitor or traveler viewpoint as the elephants stand and shift subtly in the dry brush.
What appears in frame: Three elephants, visible tusks, dry dirt, dead brush, sparse grasses, low scrub, blue sky, and dark film borders are visible.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm color, slight fading, soft exposure, and contact-frame borders that read as original amateur film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition within a South Africa or natural-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows elephants in a dry outdoor landscape, but the frames do not identify a specific reserve, park, or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, though copyright clearance remains separate from any location or wildlife-use considerations.
Research search match: 1969 8mm South Africa elephants, African elephants dry brush, vintage home movie wildlife, Cape Town travel film elephants.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1969 Cape Town or South Africa material, then broader 1960s wildlife and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three African elephants stand in dry brush in 1969 South Africa footage, with tusks visible and dark 8mm frame borders. — Three elephants stand among dead brush on a dry hillside.

Three elephants are seen in a dry South African landscape, with two facing forward and one turned partly away near brush. — Elephants hold position on the dusty ground as the camera remains steady.

In the 1969 8mm footage, three elephants stand amid dry brush and sparse vegetation beneath a clear blue sky. — Three elephants stand close together in a dry outdoor landscape.

Three elephants remain in view in 1969 South Africa footage, framed by dry brush, dusty ground, and blue sky. — The elephants stay mostly still among brush and sparse grasses.

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