Cape Town South Africa-1969: Herd of Elephants Walking Through Dry Grassland

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

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Herd of Elephants Walking Through Dry Grassland — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969, showing a herd of African elephants walking through dry grassland and sparse brush. The elephants, including adults with prominent tusks and a smaller juvenile, move steadily across the frame under a pale purple sky. The film exhibits characteristic grain, slight motion blur, and dark vignetting typical of 8mm home movie cameras. This authentic archival clip captures a natural wildlife moment in the African savanna.

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: 122673107

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: Useful for 1960s wildlife, travel, and natural-history edits needing real 8mm footage of African elephants in dry grassland.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft exposure, and handheld framing; the 1969 Cape Town context is supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing elephants from a distance as they move through brush without narration or composed wildlife-film coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult elephants, a smaller juvenile, tusks, dry grass, sparse thorny brush, pale sky, and dark frame-edge vignetting.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight motion blur, uneven exposure, soft focus, and gate-edge darkness that help identify it as scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or brief transition within a sequence about African landscapes or archival safari footage.
Historical context: The scene visually documents elephants moving through dry savanna-like terrain, offering period home-movie evidence of wildlife viewing rather than a formal research record.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, wildlife context, and any collection permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Good match for searches such as 1969 8mm African elephants, Cape Town wildlife home movie, vintage safari footage, and elephants in dry grassland.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1969 Cape Town or South Africa footage, then with broader vintage wildlife and safari material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm Cape Town footage showing elephants in dry grassland with sparse brush and a pale sky. — Elephants move through dry grass and low brush, framed by dark 8mm film edges.

Adult elephants appear in 1969 Cape Town home-movie footage, walking through dry grass and scrub. — A pair of elephants crosses the frame with dry brush and grass in the foreground.

A small group of elephants, including a juvenile, moves through dry grass in supplied 1969 Cape Town footage. — Several elephants cluster together as they walk through dry grass and thorny brush.

1969 Cape Town 8mm frame with elephants moving through dry brushland, one animal partly hidden by shrubs. — Elephants continue across the dry grassland as brush partially obscures one at the right edge.

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