Cape Town South Africa-1969: Wild Antelope Standing Near Shrub With Elephant in Background

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

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Wild Antelope Standing Near Shrub With Elephant in... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969 captures a wild antelope standing alert near a shrub in the African plains. The grainy, color-bleached film shows the animal in a dry, grassy landscape with scattered trees and bushes under a bright sky. In the background, a large elephant is visible on a distant hill, adding to the authentic wildlife scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with natural motion, slight camera shake, and a nostalgic, archival quality perfect for historical or nature documentaries.

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: 122673816

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$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: 1969 South Africa wildlife home-movie footage for documentary inserts needing an antelope near scrub with a distant elephant in an open dry landscape.
Period detail: The period is supported by metadata, while the visible clues are 8mm color stock, soft focus, and handheld framing rather than datable clothing, vehicles, or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor-shot wildlife sighting, holding on an alert antelope while the camera remains observational and slightly unsteady.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an antelope beside a shrub, dry grass, scattered brush, trees, open ground, dark frame edges, and a large distant animal consistent with an elephant.
Film character: The footage shows grain, muted color, soft focus, exposure variation, and handheld shake characteristic of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transitional insert within a South Africa nature or travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a mid-century tourist or amateur wildlife view, showing animals in a dry scrub landscape without visible people, buildings, roads, or signage.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed before licensing.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife, Cape Town antelope home movie, elephant background safari footage, and vintage African plains clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cape Town or South Africa 1969 footage, then broader vintage wildlife and safari home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Cape Town wildlife footage shows an antelope standing alert near a shrub, with dry grass and a distant elephant-like animal in the background. — Antelope stands near low brush in a dry landscape, with a large distant animal partly visible behind the trees.

1969 Cape Town home-movie frame shows an antelope beside scrub vegetation, with dry open ground and a distant elephant-like form beyond the trees. — Antelope remains near the shrub as dry grass, trees, and a distant large animal fill the background.

1969 Cape Town 8mm frame shows an antelope standing in partial cover beside a green shrub within a dry, brushy wildlife landscape. — Antelope stands in partial cover at the edge of a shrub, framed by dry grass and background vegetation.

1969 Cape Town wildlife frame shows an antelope beside a shrub, with open dry ground, trees, and a distant elephant-like animal behind it. — Antelope stands beside the shrub while a large dark animal is visible in the distant background.

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