Cape Town South Africa-1969: Young Elephant Drinking From Muddy Depression

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

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Young Elephant Drinking From Muddy Depression — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a young African elephant standing in a dry, dusty savannah landscape. The elephant, with small white tusks, uses its trunk to drink or scoop water from a shallow depression in the earth. The scene is framed by dark vertical borders, suggesting the view from inside a vehicle or structure. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: warm color tones, noticeable grain, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The elephant remains the central subject throughout the 5-second clip, with subtle movements of its trunk and head.

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: 122672923

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 wildlife or travel-history edits needing a brief home-movie view of a young African elephant drinking in a dry South African landscape.
Period detail: The warm 8mm color, soft focus, film grain, and dark vertical framing may show a late-1960s tourist or safari-style filming position.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged visitor observation, with the camera holding on the elephant as it moves its trunk near a muddy depression.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, small white tusks, dry earth, a shallow muddy hollow, sparse green plants, uneven banks, and dark vertical frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, muted warm color, slight softness, and steady but informal home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition beat within sequences about South Africa, safari travel, or elephants.
Historical context: The scene visually places a lone elephant in a dry managed or savannah-like setting, without enough evidence to identify a specific reserve or landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright, location access, and animal-setting context should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm South Africa elephant footage, vintage home movie safari wildlife, young elephant drinking, and archival African wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Cape Town or South Africa 1969 travel material, then broader vintage elephant or safari wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Cape Town-area 8mm frame showing a young elephant with small tusks standing near a muddy hollow in dry ground. — A young elephant stands beside a shallow muddy depression in a dry, earthy enclosure or savannah-like setting.

1969 Cape Town-area 8mm frame with a young elephant lifting its trunk while standing near a shallow muddy depression. — The elephant lifts its trunk slightly while remaining beside the muddy hollow.

1969 Cape Town-area 8mm frame showing the elephant turned left, trunk lowered toward dry earth near a shallow muddy spot. — The elephant turns slightly left with its trunk lowered near the ground.

1969 Cape Town-area 8mm frame of a young elephant near a muddy depression, with sparse green plants and dark vertical framing. — The elephant remains central as sparse greenery and dark frame borders surround the dry scene.

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