Cape Town South Africa-1969: Elephant with Tusks Dusting on Dry Ground

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

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Elephant with Tusks Dusting on Dry Ground — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a solitary African elephant with prominent tusks standing in a dry, dusty savannah. The elephant is actively dusting itself on the barren ground, its trunk lowered as it rubs against the earth. The scene is framed by a dark border, characteristic of home movie film, with a blue-tinted sky and sparse trees in the background. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight camera shake, conveying a raw, authentic archival quality of wildlife in its natural habitat.

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: 122671670

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: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage suited for documentary inserts about African safari travel, elephant behavior, or dry-season animal landscapes.
Period detail: The frame may show a 1969 home-movie safari viewpoint, with the era suggested by 8mm color grain, soft focus, and the visible film-frame border.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, holding on a solitary elephant as it noses and dusts the dry ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked elephant, lowered trunk, dusty open ground, dry roots or branches, sparse trees, blue sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: The scan has 8mm grain, muted color, slight softness, uneven exposure, and handheld steadiness typical of physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition between broader sequences about animals and arid landscapes.
Historical context: The footage visually places wildlife viewing within a dry open landscape, without enough visible detail to identify a specific reserve or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or buildings are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-based wildlife or archive-use requirements.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 8mm African elephant footage, vintage safari home movie, tusked elephant dusting ground, and dry savannah wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1969 Cape Town or South Africa travel footage, then broader vintage African wildlife and savannah material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm frame from Cape Town metadata showing a tusked elephant on dusty open ground with sparse trees beyond. — A solitary tusked elephant stands in a dry open area with its trunk lowered toward the ground.

The elephant remains in profile, facing left across the dry landscape.

Soft 8mm frame from the 1969 Cape Town clip showing the elephant near dry branches with a tree line behind it. — The handheld frame holds on the elephant as it lowers its trunk near the dusty ground.

1969 8mm Cape Town wildlife frame with a tusked elephant beside dry roots or branches, framed by visible film borders. — The final frame shows the elephant beside dry roots or branches in the open terrain.

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