Sudan-1969: African Elephant And Primate In Savanna With Vegetation

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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African Elephant And Primate In Savanna With Vegetation — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a young elephant walking through a sun-dappled savanna in Sudan. The animal moves slowly across dry grass, surrounded by dense green shrubs and scattered trees. A primate briefly appears in the lower right, adding to the natural wildlife scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky, observational camera style, offering a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from the late 1960s.

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: 127549559

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife clip supports archival requests for African elephant behavior, savanna vegetation, and observational travel home-movie material.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s field tourism or amateur nature filming, with period clues coming mainly from the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and soft scan texture.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed, visitor-like distance as the elephant moves through brush and a primate briefly crosses the lower foreground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, a small primate, dry grass, dense shrubs, tree trunks, scattered branches, sunlit clearings, and deep shadow.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, warm color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, ecological transition, or archival nature observation beat.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for amateur wildlife filming in Sudan, showing animals in a wooded savanna setting without visible people or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but animal identification, location specificity, copyright status, and any collection restrictions should be verified.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sudan 8mm elephant footage, African savanna home movie, vintage wildlife primate clip, and archival African elephant film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Sudan 1969 wildlife footage, then broader 1960s African savanna animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a young elephant moving away through shrubs and dry grass beneath trees. — A young elephant stands partly obscured by green brush in a sunlit savanna clearing.

1969 Sudan wildlife frame with a young elephant moving across dry ground between brush and shaded trees. — The elephant walks through sparse grass and brush, with dark tree trunks framing the clearing.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing an elephant near shrubs while a small primate appears at the edge of the clearing. — A small primate enters the lower right as the elephant remains near the brush line.

1969 Sudan wildlife frame with the elephant partly turned away and a small primate crossing the lower right foreground. — The elephant stands near dense brush as a primate moves through the shaded lower edge of the frame.

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