Angola-1969: African Elephant Walks Off Dirt Road Into Grass Land To Meet

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationAngola
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Angola

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African Elephant Walks Off Dirt Road Into Grass Land To Meet — Clip Details

ANGOLA-1969: A majestic African elephant with prominent tusks stands on a sun-dappled dirt road in a lush savanna, its massive form silhouetted against the bright sky. The elephant slowly turns and walks off the road into the surrounding grassy land, its ears flapping gently. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the natural grace of the pachyderm in its habitat, with vibrant greens and earthy browns under a bright, natural light. The film grain and slight color shifts are characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the late 1960s.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127408084

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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

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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 documentary or educational requests needing 1969 African wildlife home-movie footage of an elephant moving through a rural savanna road setting.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and handheld framing support a late-1960s travel-film feel, while the visible dirt road and open woodland match the Angola location metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a roadside or vehicle-like viewpoint as the elephant crosses the frame, giving the clip an observational visitor-shot quality rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked African elephant, reddish dirt road, dry grass, green shrubs, spreading trees, bright sky, deep shadow, and gate-like film borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, color drift, uneven exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, establishing beat for African savanna material, or transitional shot between road and animal sequences.
Historical context: The clip documents a brief human encounter with wildlife in an Angolan landscape, without visible people, buildings, signs, or identifiable modern infrastructure in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review source copyright, wildlife-location claims, and any collection-level restrictions before use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 Angola elephant 8mm footage, African elephant on dirt road, vintage savanna wildlife home movie, and tusked elephant walking match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Angola 1969 travel footage, then broader vintage African wildlife or elephant behavior clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Angola 1969 footage, a tusked African elephant stands partly in shadow on a sunlit dirt road bordered by grass and trees. — A tusked elephant pauses on a dirt road in a wooded savanna setting.

The elephant faces the camera on the Angola dirt road, with tusks bright against a shaded body and leafy trees in the background. — The elephant stands near the road edge, framed by woodland and bright sky.

The 1969 Angola home-movie frame shows the tusked elephant walking left from the road toward roadside grass and shrubs. — The elephant begins to leave the road, moving toward the grass.

The elephant exits the road into surrounding grass and woodland.

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