Cape Town South Africa-1969: Blatant Of An Elephant In Its Habitat

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

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Blatant Of An Elephant In Its Habitat — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a young elephant with small tusks standing in a dry, dusty savanna landscape. The elephant is seen actively digging into the earth with its trunk, likely searching for water or food. The shot is framed by dark vertical borders, suggesting it was filmed through a vehicle window or binoculars. The image exhibits characteristic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, authentic wildlife observation from the late 1960s.

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: 122672909

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

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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 home-movie footage for editors needing a brief African elephant observation cutaway or period travel insert.
Period detail: The warm color, soft grain, and dark vertical framing may show a late-1960s amateur wildlife view filmed from inside a vehicle or through a narrow opening.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient, unstaged feel of a traveler pausing to film an elephant digging or probing the dry ground with its trunk.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, small tusks, dry earth, low scrub, dusty embankments, dark window-like borders, and soft 8mm texture.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, muted warm color, slight blur, and handheld framing that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into archival material about animals, tourism, or African landscapes.
Historical context: Supported by the metadata, the clip places a 1969 home-movie wildlife encounter in South Africa without identifying a specific reserve or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and any animal or site-use context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 South Africa 8mm elephant footage, vintage home movie elephant habitat, and Super 8 African wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Cape Town or South Africa 1969 material, then broader vintage elephant or wildlife habitat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame of a young elephant standing in a dry habitat, partly framed by dark vertical borders. — A young elephant stands on dusty ground with its trunk lowered near a small depression.

1969 South Africa home-movie frame showing an elephant facing left with its trunk lowered over dry earth. — The elephant lowers its trunk toward the dusty ground as scrub appears in the foreground.

Vintage 8mm South Africa frame of an elephant near a shallow depression in a dry, dusty habitat. — The elephant stands close to a small ground depression, with soft 8mm grain visible across the scene.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing a slightly blurred elephant in a dry habitat, framed by dark vertical edges. — The elephant remains in the dry landscape as the handheld 8mm frame softens with motion blur.

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