Angola-1969: Elephant Walking Across The Bushland

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationAngola
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Angola

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Elephant Walking Across The Bushland — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures an adult African elephant with prominent tusks walking through dense bushland in Angola. The elephant moves steadily from left to right, partially obscured by green shrubs and acacia trees under a bright sky. The footage shows natural wildlife behavior in a savanna environment, with the elephant eventually joined by a smaller calf. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from 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: 127407856

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s wildlife, safari, or African bushland archive requests needing real 8mm elephant footage for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The faded color, rounded frame edges, and handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie look, with Angola and 1969 supported by supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot safari perspective, observing the elephant from a fixed distance as it moves through brush without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult tusked elephant, a smaller calf, dry grass, dense green shrubs, acacia-like trees, bright sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip shows warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld 8mm framing that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel cutaway, safari memory beat, or transition within Angola, elephant, or African landscape sequences.
Historical context: The frames show wildlife moving through bushland, offering visual context for mid-century travel or nature filming without proving a specific expedition or reserve.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and wildlife-location identification should still be verified before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Angola elephant 8mm footage, vintage safari home movie, African bushland elephant calf, and 1960s wildlife film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Angola 1969 material, then broader vintage safari, elephant, and African wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Angola 8mm frame showing a tusked adult elephant walking through dense bushland under trees. — An adult elephant moves through shrubs in a wooded bushland setting.

Adult African elephant with visible tusks passes behind shrubs in Angola bushland, filmed on 8mm in 1969. — The elephant continues rightward, partly obscured by vegetation.

Closer 1969 Angola home-movie frame of a tusked elephant crossing through dry grass and green brush. — A closer view shows the elephant stepping through the bush.

Adult elephant and smaller calf visible together in 1969 Angola bushland footage, partly framed by shrubs. — The adult elephant is joined by a smaller calf among the shrubs.

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