Sudan-1969: African Elephant Calf Walks Through Tall Grass And Shrubs

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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African Elephant Calf Walks Through Tall Grass And Shrubs — Clip Details

SUDAN-1969: A young African elephant calf walks through tall grass and dense shrubs in a sun-dappled savanna. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the calf moving steadily through the vegetation, its large ears flapping as it navigates the natural terrain. The image shows the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage home movie film, with shadows cast by surrounding trees. The scene offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat, preserved in archival Super 8 footage 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: 127549650

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 wildlife, African travel, conservation, or natural-history productions needing brief 8mm footage of an elephant calf in bush habitat.
Period detail: The frame carries late-1960s home-movie cues through 8mm color grain, soft focus, saturated greens, and handheld wildlife framing rather than visible built landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reflects an unstaged observer's view, watching the calf move through brush from a distance without visible human interaction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, tall grass, shrubs, tree shadows, leafy foreground branches, dry ground, and sunlit patches of savanna vegetation.
Film character: The clip has textured 8mm grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, conservation context shot, or quiet transition within a broader African journey sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a visitor-filmed encounter with an elephant calf in Sudan in 1969, with emphasis on animal movement and habitat rather than human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still evaluate copyright, location claims, and wildlife-use context for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Sudan 8mm elephant calf footage, African wildlife home movie, vintage savanna animal clip, and Super 8 elephant in grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Sudan 1969 travel material, then broader vintage African wildlife or elephant habitat sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a young elephant calf walking toward the camera through tall grass and dense shrubs. — An elephant calf moves through sunlit brush with shadows and foreground foliage framing the view.

1969 Sudan wildlife frame with an elephant calf moving through scrub vegetation, its ears spread in the sunlight. — The calf shifts through the shrubs, partly obscured by vegetation and shadow.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing the rear view of a young elephant calf walking away through tall grass. — The calf turns away from the camera while moving deeper into the brush.

1969 Sudan frame of a young elephant calf in side view, walking through grass and low shrubs on 8mm film. — The elephant calf passes across the frame in profile amid grass, shrubs, and mottled sunlight.

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