Cape Town South Africa-1969: Giraffe Eating From Tree With Red Dirt And Bushes In

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

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Giraffe Eating From Tree With Red Dirt And Bushes In — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a giraffe reaching up to eat leaves from a bush in a dry savanna landscape. The scene features red dirt, scattered acacia trees, and sparse green shrubs under a bright sky. In the background, an elephant and other wildlife are visible on a distant hill. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of African wildlife in its natural habitat.

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: 122673720

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: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage for documentary or educational edits needing a brief giraffe feeding cutaway in a dry South African savanna setting.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1960s home-movie travel filming, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signage, or other date-specific details in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing and short contact-sheet sequence suggest an unstaged visitor perspective watching wildlife from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a giraffe feeding at a leafy shrub, red-brown dirt, sparse grasses, scrub trees, a distant elephant-like animal, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transitional beat between broader African landscape or animal sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents recreational wildlife observation in a dry bush landscape without supporting claims about a specific reserve or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and wildlife-setting context should still be reviewed for use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Cape Town 8mm wildlife footage, giraffe eating from tree, South African savanna home movie, and vintage safari animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cape Town or 1969 South Africa footage, then vintage wildlife and savanna travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Cape Town home-movie frame showing a giraffe near a bush in red dirt and sparse scrub, with distant wildlife on a hill. — A giraffe feeds beside a shrub in a dry savanna-like landscape, with distant wildlife above the scrub line.

1969 Cape Town 8mm frame of a giraffe feeding from a shrub in open dry scrub, with an elephant-like animal in the background. — The giraffe stretches into the foliage while distant wildlife remains visible on the raised ground behind it.

Soft, grainy 1969 Cape Town home-movie view of a giraffe feeding near a shrub amid red dirt and dry scrub vegetation. — The animal is partly framed by the bush as the home-movie camera holds on the dry wildlife scene.

1969 Cape Town frame showing a giraffe feeding at a bush, dry ground, scrub trees, and distant elephant-like wildlife in the background. — A wider view shows the feeding giraffe below a scrub-covered slope with distant large animals above.

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