South Africa-1969: Wild Elephants In Their Natural Habitat

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSouth Africa
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

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Wild Elephants In Their Natural Habitat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a herd of wild elephants in their natural African habitat. The elephants, varying in size, walk and forage across a dry, dusty plain scattered with sparse vegetation and dead trees under a bright blue sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color saturation, and slight instability of Super 8 home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife from the late 1960s. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 127484360

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: South Africa 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: 1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts, education programs, or archive research needing elephants in a dry natural setting.
Period detail: The clip shows 8mm-era color home-movie texture and may show a late-1960s wildlife viewing scene in South Africa, with no visible modern structures or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the elephants from a distance in an unstaged travel-film manner, holding on their slow movement and foraging rather than presenting a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several elephants, dusty ground, fallen branches, dry scrub, bare trees, a low tree line, blue sky, and contact-sheet film borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, saturated blue sky, slight softness, frame jitter, and uneven exposure typical of handheld amateur color film from the period.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, environmental transition, or short insert establishing elephants in an African landscape.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for a traveler’s 1969 wildlife encounter, showing elephants moving through a dry habitat without people, vehicles, or built features visible.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any wildlife-location or collection-specific restrictions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 South Africa 8mm elephants, vintage home movie African wildlife, wild elephants dry habitat, and Super 8 safari animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other South Africa 1969 material, then broader 1960s wildlife or elephant habitat clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing elephants moving across dusty ground with sparse vegetation and blue sky. — Elephants cross a dry, scrubby landscape under a bright blue sky.

1969 South Africa wildlife frame with elephants gathered near dead wood and scrub in a dry habitat. — A small group of elephants stands among fallen branches and dry brush.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing elephants foraging on a dry plain with scrub and bare trees behind them. — Elephants forage in a dry open area with sparse trees and brush.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame of elephants in a dry natural habitat, with fallen wood, scrub, and distant trees visible. — Elephants move through dry scrub and fallen wood in an open habitat.

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