Khartoum Sudan-1969: Two Large Male Elephants Walking Through Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKhartoum, Sudan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Two Large Male Elephants Walking Through Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures two large male elephants walking through a lush, sun-dappled savanna forest. The elephants move slowly across a grassy clearing, framed by acacia trees and dense green shrubs, with distant hills visible under a bright sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural light variations, offering a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife in its natural habitat. The perspective suggests a handheld camera observing from a shaded vantage point, creating an authentic, archival feel.

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: 122678592

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: Khartoum, Sudan 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 Sudan wildlife footage for productions needing brief archival inserts of elephants in a wooded savanna setting.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1960s travel or home-movie wildlife filming, with no visible modern structures, vehicles, signage, or people.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, filmed from shade as elephants move naturally through brush rather than for a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two elephants, acacia-like trees, dense green shrubs, dry grass, shaded foreground branches, distant hills, and bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld steadiness shifts, and uneven natural exposure from shade to sun.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within a sequence about African landscapes or animal observation.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for mid-century amateur wildlife observation near Khartoum, while the frames themselves do not identify a specific reserve or expedition.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and wildlife-context claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sudan 8mm elephants, Khartoum wildlife home movie, vintage African savanna footage, and elephants in wooded grassland.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Khartoum material, then broader Sudan or African wildlife home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing elephants partly obscured by trees and brush in a green savanna landscape near Khartoum. — Elephants move through a wooded savanna clearing with shrubs, tree trunks, and distant hills visible.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with an elephant in a brushy savanna clearing, framed by dark shade and slender trees. — An elephant is seen in a sunlit opening beyond shaded trees and dense green undergrowth.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing an elephant moving through shrubs and dry grass, with another elephant partly at the left edge. — One elephant passes through the clearing as another is partly hidden at the edge of frame.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame of an elephant in a wooded savanna clearing near Khartoum, with brush and hills behind it. — An elephant remains in view among shrubs and tree shade, with pale hills in the background.

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