Khartoum Sudan-1969: Two Large Beautiful Elephants Peacefully Walking Freely In

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

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Two Large Beautiful Elephants Peacefully Walking Freely In — Clip Details

Vintage 1969 home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, showing a large elephant walking peacefully through a sun-dappled savanna. The elephant moves slowly across a grassy clearing surrounded by acacia trees and lush greenery, with distant hills visible under a bright sky. Filmed on 8mm film, the clip displays natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective with subtle camera movement. The scene captures a serene moment of wildlife in its natural habitat, viewed through a natural frame of foliage, evoking a sense of nostalgia and archival authenticity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122678659

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 home-movie footage for documentary inserts needing an elephant seen in a natural, lightly wooded setting.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and metadata-supported 1969 date place the scene in a late-1960s travel or wildlife home-movie context near Khartoum.
Home-movie behavior: The distant, partially obscured viewpoint suggests an unstaged observer filming quietly from shade as the elephant moves through the clearing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale elephant, acacia-like trees, low green shrubs, dry ground, dappled shade, distant hills, and dark foreground foliage.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, bright exposure in the clearing, and small handheld shifts that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or quiet transition within African landscape or archival nature sequences.
Historical context: The frames show an elephant in open vegetation near Khartoum, offering visual context for wildlife observation without supporting broader claims about conservation or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any wildlife-location sensitivities for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sudan 8mm elephant footage, Khartoum wildlife home movie, African savanna elephant cutaway, and vintage travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1969 Khartoum or Sudan material, then with broader vintage wildlife and African travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing an elephant in a bright clearing, viewed through shaded trees and shrubs near Khartoum. — An elephant stands beyond dark foreground foliage in a sunlit wooded clearing.

1969 Khartoum-area home-movie frame with an elephant moving through low vegetation under scattered trees. — The elephant moves slowly across a bright patch of scrub and trees.

8mm home-movie frame from 1969 Sudan showing an elephant walking left through a sunlit clearing near Khartoum. — The elephant walks left across open ground, with shrubs and tree trunks around it.

1969 Khartoum-area 8mm frame with an elephant near trees, partly surrounded by shrubs and deep foreground shade. — An elephant remains visible near the trees as dark foliage frames the clearing.

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