Sudan-1969: Scenes Of African Elephants And Primates Moving Through Grassland

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Scenes Of African Elephants And Primates Moving Through... — Clip Details

SUDAN-1969: Vintage 8mm film footage captures an African elephant with prominent tusks walking through a sun-dappled grassland, followed by baboons moving through shrubs and trees. The handheld camera tracks the animals in their natural habitat, with visible film grain and color fading characteristic of 1960s home movie footage. The sequence offers authentic wildlife observation from a classic African safari, showcasing both pachyderms and primates in their environment.

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: 127549632

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: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing real 8mm safari footage of African elephants and primates in Sudan.
Period detail: The faded color, handheld framing, and 8mm home-movie texture support a late-1960s travel-film context, with no visible landmarks to narrow the location beyond metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes wildlife from a visitor or safari-viewing position, panning and reframing as animals move through grass and brush rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked elephant, baboons, dry grassland, shrubs, tree shadows, sun patches, and uneven handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, faded color, variable exposure, gate-edge darkness, and handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, safari travel cutaway, transition from landscape to animals, or brief memory beat within African travel material.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century tourist or expedition-style wildlife observation, but the frames do not support claims about a specific reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright, location context, and any wildlife-use sensitivities should still be reviewed before licensing.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm wildlife footage, African elephant tusks, baboons in grassland, vintage safari home movie, and 1960s animal archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Sudan 1969 travel footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife and safari home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame of an African elephant with visible tusks standing in sun-dappled grassland. — A tusked elephant faces the handheld camera among dry grass and brush.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a baboon moving across dry grassland and low vegetation. — A baboon crosses a sunlit patch of grass and brush.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame of a baboon moving through shaded shrubs and dry grass. — The camera follows a baboon through brush and tree-shadowed grass.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with part of an elephant visible behind dark foreground foliage and grass. — An elephant is partly hidden by foreground foliage as the handheld camera reframes.

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