South Africa-1969: Three Elephants Standing in Tan Barren Field on Clear Sunny Day

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

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Three Elephants Standing in Tan Barren Field on Clear... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures three African elephants standing in a dry, tan barren field under a clear blue sky. The elephants, with visible tusks, stand amidst scattered debris and dry vegetation, their gray forms contrasting against the bright landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a dark frame border suggesting viewing through a projector. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a natural, sunlit setting.

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: 127485086

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: Useful for 1960s archive requests needing African wildlife footage as a documentary insert, nature cutaway, or travel-home-movie reference.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, visible frame edges, and simple observational framing support a late-1960s home-movie context in South Africa.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor viewpoint, watching three elephants from a fixed distance rather than presenting a directed wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three elephants, tusks, dry tan ground, scattered branches, sparse vegetation, blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, saturated sky color, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and frame-edge shadowing that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within a sequence about South Africa or animal observation.
Historical context: The scene shows elephants in an open dry landscape, offering visual context for mid-century tourist or amateur wildlife filming without identifying a reserve.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm South Africa elephant footage, vintage home movie African wildlife, and three elephants in dry landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other South Africa 1969 wildlife clips, then broader vintage elephant or safari home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three elephants with visible tusks stand in a dry South African landscape in 1969 8mm home-movie footage. — Three elephants stand among dry branches and sparse vegetation beneath a clear sky.

In this 1969 South Africa frame, three elephants stand across dry open ground with scrub and a clear sky behind them. — The elephants remain grouped across the dry field, with one partly turned away at right.

Three elephants stand near scattered dry branches in 1969 South Africa 8mm footage, framed by dark projector-like borders. — A closer grouping shows the elephants standing still among dry brush and pale ground.

Three elephants appear in a dry South African field, with one turned away near the right side of the 8mm frame. — The group holds position as the rightmost elephant turns away near the edge of frame.

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