Sudan-1969: African Elephant In Wooded Savanna With Shrubs And Trees

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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African Elephant In Wooded Savanna With Shrubs And Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures an African elephant moving through a wooded savanna in Sudan. The elephant walks slowly among trees and shrubs, its massive form partially obscured by foliage and dappled sunlight. The footage shows natural movement in a wild habitat, with the animal navigating a shaded, grassy clearing. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain are characteristic of 1960s amateur footage, offering authentic archival wildlife footage.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127549591

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: 1969 8mm wildlife footage for productions needing archival views of an African elephant in a wooded Sudan savanna setting.
Period detail: The frames show 1960s color 8mm texture, dense shrubs, slender trees, and a distant hill, with no visible built landmarks or dated objects beyond the supplied 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged traveler or amateur natural-history view, observing the elephant from a distance through trees rather than from a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an African elephant, tree trunks, thorny-looking shrubs, shaded ground, bright sun patches, grasses, and a pale distant hill.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that add physical-film texture to the wildlife observation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, insert, or memory beat for archival wildlife, travel, conservation, or Sudan landscape sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a large wild animal moving through wooded savanna habitat, without showing people, vehicles, camps, or identifiable infrastructure.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and wildlife-location context for their specific use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1969 8mm Sudan elephant footage, African elephant wooded savanna home movie, and vintage wildlife film with shrubs and trees.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with other 1969 Sudan footage, then with vintage African wildlife, savanna landscape, or travel home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing an African elephant partly obscured by tree trunks, shrubs, and dappled sunlight. — An African elephant stands or moves slowly among trees and shrubs in a shaded savanna clearing.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with an African elephant partly screened by trees and dense savanna vegetation. — The elephant remains partly hidden by trunks and shrubs as sunlight filters through the wooded habitat.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a distant African elephant in a wooded savanna clearing with a pale hill in the background. — A more distant view places the elephant within trees, low shrubs, grass, and a hazy hill beyond.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with a distant African elephant framed by trees, shrubs, and strong foreground shadow. — The elephant is seen farther off, framed by shaded brush and sunlit vegetation in the savanna.

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