Cape Town South Africa-1969: Elephant Standing in Barren Field

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

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Elephant Standing in Barren Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a solitary elephant standing in a dry, barren field under a bright blue sky. The elephant, with visible tusks, is seen foraging among scattered debris and dried vegetation. The shot is framed by dark vertical borders, suggesting it was filmed through a vehicle window or binoculars. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, authentic 1960s wildlife observation. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of African wildlife in a natural, undisturbed setting, ideal for historical documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122671607

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 archival requests needing African wildlife home-movie material as a brief nature insert or documentary cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm frame, saturated color, soft grain, and metadata-supported 1969 date place this as late-1960s amateur wildlife footage near Cape Town.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels like an unstaged visitor observation, with the elephant filmed from a partially obstructed vantage point rather than a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: A tusked elephant stands in a dry field with exposed earth, scattered branches, sparse brush, a low tree line, blue sky, and dark vertical frame obstructions.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through visible grain, mild softness, bright daylight exposure, color shift, and slight handheld or gate movement.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, or transitional cutaway in a sequence about South Africa, nature viewing, or archival tourism.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a mid-century tourist or amateur encounter with an elephant in a dry open landscape without showing people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location accuracy, and any wildlife-park context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1969 8mm South Africa elephant footage, Cape Town wildlife home movie, vintage elephant in dry field, and 1960s African nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel South Africa wildlife shots, then Cape Town or 1969 travel footage, then broader vintage elephant or African landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm footage near Cape Town showing a tusked elephant foraging in a dry field with sparse vegetation. — A solitary elephant stands among dry branches and exposed earth under a blue sky.

The elephant is seen in profile near scattered deadwood and low brush.

A 1969 home-movie frame shows the elephant lowering its head toward sparse dry vegetation in an open field near Cape Town. — The elephant lowers its head while standing among dry brush and debris.

The closing frame shows the tusked elephant in the same dry South African field, partly bordered by dark vertical film obstructions. — The elephant remains in the open, surrounded by dry ground and scattered branches.

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