South Africa-1969: Pair Of Elephants Standing On A Dry Landscape

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Pair Of Elephants Standing On A Dry Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a pair of elephants standing in a dry, open landscape under a deep blue sky. The footage, likely from a safari, shows the elephants amidst sparse vegetation and scattered debris, with a distinct film grain and color palette characteristic of Super 8 home movies. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation in the wild, with the elephants calmly positioned in their natural habitat.

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: 127484775

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

animals
elephants
wildlife
mountainside
pair
standing
SOUTH africa michigan
1969
1969 vintage 8mm film
South Africa wildlife footage
elephants in the wild
Super 8 home movie
African safari 1969
vintage animal footage
retro wildlife clip
8mm film archive
documentary elephants
old film footage
nostalgic wildlife
1960s safari
vintage African landscape
film grain effect
archival elephant clip
home movie style
8mm home movie
classic wildlife footage
retro safari
vintage nature film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s wildlife or safari documentary sequences needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of elephants in a dry South African landscape.
Period detail: The clip may show a late-1960s visitor-filmed safari view, with elephants, sparse scrub, open ground, and saturated amateur-film color supporting the stated 1969 date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance with a casual home-movie steadiness, holding on the animals rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two elephants, dry earth, low scrub, scattered branches or debris, a blue sky, dark film borders, and a dark foreground shape in the final frame.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, saturated blue sky, and contact-frame edges that give it a clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, safari insert, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within a 1960s archival sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects visitor-shot wildlife observation in an open landscape, without visible signage, buildings, vehicles, or identifiable people in these frames.
Research note: No faces, logos, or private property are evident, but copyright, location verification, and wildlife-context claims should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm South Africa safari footage, vintage elephants in dry landscape, home movie wildlife cutaway, and archival African travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other South Africa 1969 safari material, then broader vintage wildlife or elephant footage from similar home-movie sources.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing two elephants in a dry, open landscape with low scrub and film-frame edges. — Two elephants stand in a sparse dry landscape under a blue sky.

Vintage 8mm safari view of two elephants standing apart on dry ground in South Africa, with scrub and a deep blue sky. — The elephants stand near low brush on open, dry terrain.

1969 South Africa home-movie frame with two elephants on dry ground, sparse brush in the foreground, and visible 8mm texture. — Two elephants are seen across dry ground with brush and film grain visible.

Late-1960s 8mm frame of two elephants in a South African dry landscape, with sparse scrub and a dark foreground shape at the lower edge. — The elephants stand farther apart as a dark foreground shape enters the lower frame.

Visually Similar Clips