Sudan-1969: African Elephant Foraging In Clearing Among Trees And Shrubs

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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African Elephant Foraging In Clearing Among Trees And Shrubs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a young African elephant foraging in a sun-dappled clearing surrounded by dense trees and shrubs. The elephant moves slowly through the natural landscape, its large form partially obscured by foliage as it feeds. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky handheld perspective, offering a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife in Sudan. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127549549

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: Sudan 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 documentary or educational edits needing real 8mm wildlife footage of an African elephant in a Sudanese landscape.
Period detail: The visible scene offers few era markers beyond the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1969 Sudan home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance as the elephant moves through brush, giving the clip an unstaged traveler or amateur naturalist viewpoint.
What appears in frame: An elephant, dense shrubs, dry ground, tree trunks, sunlit foliage, shadows, and dark film-frame borders are visible across the sampled frames.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, warm color, slight blur, and handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel insert, quiet transition, or brief memory beat within a Sudan or African fauna sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows an elephant foraging in a wooded clearing, offering visual context for wildlife observation in a natural Sudan setting without broader claims.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and wildlife-location identification should still be checked by the buyer.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm Sudan elephant footage, African elephant foraging, vintage home movie wildlife, and archival animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Sudan 1969 clips, then African wildlife, safari, travel, or natural landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing an elephant partly obscured by green shrubs and trees in a sunlit clearing. — An elephant moves behind brush in a tree-lined clearing.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with an elephant foraging near dense shrubs under trees in a natural clearing. — The elephant stands near dense vegetation in partial shade.

Soft 8mm frame from Sudan in 1969 showing an elephant partly blurred and screened by foreground shrubs. — Motion blur and brush partially obscure the elephant in the clearing.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing the rear of an elephant near shrubs, trees, and dry ground in a wooded clearing. — The elephant turns away beside shrubs and shaded trees.

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