Cape Town South Africa-1969: Tusked Grey Elephant Standing In Dry Cracked Landscape

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

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Tusked Grey Elephant Standing In Dry Cracked Landscape — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a tusked grey elephant standing in a dry, cracked landscape. The elephant, with its large ears and prominent tusks, moves slowly across dusty terrain scattered with dry brush and sparse, leafless trees. The scene is bathed in bright sunlight under a vivid blue sky, with the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm film. The shot is framed by dark borders, suggesting viewing through a camera or projector, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century wildlife observation.

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: 122671687

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: Supports 1960s wildlife or travel-documentary edits needing 8mm home-movie footage of an elephant in a dry South African landscape.
Period detail: The 8mm color, contact-print framing, saturated blue sky, and 1969 metadata point to late-1960s amateur travel filming rather than a staged wildlife production.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot observation, holding on the elephant from a fixed vantage as it slowly moves through open dry ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked elephant, dusty cracked terrain, dry brush, scattered rocks, leafless trees, bright sun, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, saturated color, and contact-sheet borders that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel insert, environmental transition, or brief memory beat in a sequence about African landscapes.
Historical context: The scene documents a mid-century travel view of a large elephant in a dry open habitat, with no people, vehicles, buildings, or signs visible in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright, source ownership, location claims, and wildlife-context sensitivities.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 South Africa 8mm elephant, vintage wildlife home movie, tusked elephant dry landscape, and Cape Town travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1969 Cape Town or South Africa travel footage, then with vintage wildlife and dry-landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm South Africa footage showing a tusked elephant in a dry, open landscape with brush, rocks, and dark frame borders. — A tusked elephant stands in bright sun on dry ground scattered with brush and small rocks.

The elephant appears farther right in the 1969 Cape Town footage, walking slowly through a dry landscape under a vivid blue sky. — The elephant moves across dusty terrain with leafless trees and brush behind it.

A large tusked elephant stands near sparse brush in 1969 8mm South Africa travel footage, with dry ground and bare trees visible. — A large elephant pauses near brush in an arid, sunlit setting.

The elephant remains in profile against dry ground, scattered branches, and a clear blue sky.

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