Cape Town South Africa-1969: An Elephant With A Dirt Stained Head And Long Tusks

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

An Elephant With A Dirt Stained Head And Long Tusks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a large elephant with a dirt-stained head and long tusks moving through a dry, scrubby landscape. The animal walks slowly through sparse vegetation and brush under daylight, its massive form partially obscured by a wooden fence post in the foreground. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, conveying a raw, authentic archival feel. This authentic wildlife moment offers a nostalgic glimpse into African fauna 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: 122673628

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing an archival elephant cutaway from South Africa.
Period detail: The frame may show late-1960s home-movie wildlife filming, with no visible landmarks or signage to further verify Cape Town beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing and contact-sheet drift suggest an amateur observer filming the elephant from behind rough brush or fencing rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: A large elephant, long tusks, scrubby vegetation, dry ground, distant trees, pale sky, and a rough foreground fence or branch are visible.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, color shift, motion blur, and uneven handheld exposure.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or atmospheric transition within a 1960s South Africa sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents an elephant moving through scrubland, but the frames alone do not identify a reserve, park, or specific Cape Town setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, though users should still review copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 South Africa 8mm elephant footage, vintage home movie African wildlife, and elephant tusks scrubland archival clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel wildlife shots, then Cape Town or South Africa 1969 material, then broader vintage elephant and African fauna footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Cape Town home-movie frame showing a tusked elephant partly obscured by brush in a scrubby landscape. — A tusked elephant moves through low vegetation behind rough foreground brush.

1969 Cape Town frame with a large elephant side-on, its body softened by 8mm motion blur and foreground brush. — The elephant passes a rough branch or fence post in a dry, open setting.

1969 Cape Town home-movie frame showing the elephant partly screened by vegetation and a rough vertical branch. — Brush partly obscures the elephant as it continues through the scrub.

1969 Cape Town frame showing the elephant moving away through low scrub, with tusks and body blurred by handheld 8mm filming. — The elephant turns or walks away through the low scrubland vegetation.

Visually Similar Clips