Angola-1969: The Elephants Walk Across The Open Field Together And Swing Their Trunks

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationAngola
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Angola

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The Elephants Walk Across The Open Field Together And... — Clip Details

ANGOLA-1969: A family of African elephants walks together across a dry, grassy field under a bright sky. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the herd moving through a savanna landscape with scattered trees and bushes. The elephants, including a large adult with prominent tusks and a smaller calf, swing their trunks and move in unison. The image has a warm, slightly faded color palette typical of vintage home movies, with visible film grain and slight motion blur from handheld camera movement. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife in Angola during the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127407805

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: Angola 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1960s Angola 8mm wildlife clip supports documentary or educational requests for elephants moving through a savanna-like field.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s travel or home-movie wildlife filming, with no visible modern structures, vehicles, signage, or people in these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an observer's handheld view of elephants walking past, with the camera following their movement rather than staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult elephants, a smaller elephant, prominent tusks, dry grass, low shrubs, scattered trees, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The scan carries warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, rounded frame edges, and slight motion blur consistent with 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, nature transition, or brief cutaway within a sequence about African landscapes.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for tourist or amateur wildlife filming in Angola in 1969 without establishing a specific park or event.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, location, and wildlife-context review should remain separate from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Angola 8mm elephants, vintage African wildlife home movie, elephant herd walking, and savanna travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Angola 1969 wildlife material, then broader 1960s African animal and savanna home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Angola 8mm footage, two elephants move left to right across a dry field bordered by green brush. — Two elephants pass through a dry, brushy field, one adult showing prominent tusks.

A pair of elephants moves through bright brushland in Angola, captured with soft 8mm grain and handheld blur. — Two elephants continue walking together through the sunlit brush.

Close 8mm view of elephants in Angola walking past the camera, their tusks and trunks visible against green brush. — The elephants pass closer to the camera, filling much of the frame.

A small group of elephants walks through an Angola clearing, framed by dry ground, shrubs, and bare-branched trees. — The group moves farther across the clearing among trees and bushes.

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