South Africa-1969: Three Elephants Grazing In Brown Field On A Clear Sunny Day

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

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Three Elephants Grazing In Brown Field On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures three elephants grazing in a dry, brown field under a clear blue sky. The elephants move slowly across the arid landscape, their large forms silhouetted against the bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a distinct blue tint characteristic of 1960s film stock. The scene is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was shot through a window or viewfinder. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife from a bygone era, ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127484983

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage from South Africa for documentary inserts, archive research, education segments, or period travel-memory sequences needing elephants in a dry open landscape.
Period detail: The clip may show a late-1960s safari or wildlife-viewing moment, with visible clues limited to 8mm color stock, contact-frame borders, arid ground, and elephants under a clear sky.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like unstaged home-movie observation, holding on elephants as they graze and shift slowly rather than presenting a directed wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three elephants, tusks, dry brown earth, sparse brush, a low horizon, clear blue sky, dark film-frame borders, and contact-sheet division lines.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through visible grain, saturated blue sky, slight softness, uneven exposure, and dark gate or contact-frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel insert, transition beat, or quiet memory shot within a South Africa, safari, nature, or 1960s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for mid-century amateur wildlife filming, showing elephants in open dry terrain without visible vehicles, people, signage, or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, archive ownership, location identification, and wildlife or land-use context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 South Africa 8mm elephants, vintage home movie African wildlife, Super 8 safari elephants, and 1960s elephants grazing in dry field.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with South Africa 1969 travel footage, and then with broader 1960s wildlife, safari, arid landscape, or elephant material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing elephants in a dry open field, with one facing away and another near brush under blue sky. — Elephants graze and stand near sparse brush in a dry field.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame of two elephants beside low brush and bare ground, with dark contact-sheet borders visible. — Two elephants stand near a brushy rise in arid terrain.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing elephants in dry terrain, with a blue sky, sparse vegetation, and visible film softness. — Elephants continue moving slowly through the dry field.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing three elephants in an arid open field, including one with visible tusks near the center. — Three elephants cluster in the dry landscape beneath a bright sky.

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