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Nigeria-1969: Pair Of Black Wildebeests And Elephant Standing In Green Grass On

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Pair Of Black Wildebeests And Elephant Standing In Green... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a serene African savanna scene. Two black wildebeests stand alert in a sunlit grassy field, their silhouettes stark against a clear blue sky. The footage then transitions to a majestic elephant with prominent tusks, walking slowly through the tall green grass. Sparse acacia trees dot the horizon under a partly cloudy sky. The grainy texture and color palette of the Super 8 film evoke a nostalgic, archival quality, offering authentic wildlife footage for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127564589

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Nigeria Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • animals
  • wildlife
  • objects
  • outdoors
  • weather
  • pair
  • black
  • wildebeests
  • elephant
  • standing
  • green
  • grass
  • clear
  • day
  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 wildlife footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Nigerian savanna
  • wild animals
  • African wildlife
  • Super 8 home movie
  • wildebeest pair
  • elephant walking
  • grassland scene
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • 1960s wildlife
  • vintage safari
  • old film footage
  • documentary stock
  • nostalgic clip
  • animal behavior
  • outdoor scene
  • 8mm film
  • classic wildlife

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports archive requests for 1960s Nigerian wildlife home movies, especially short documentary inserts of savanna animals filmed on 8mm.
Period detail
The 8mm color stock, soft exposure, and simple visitor viewpoint may show late-1960s amateur travel filming rather than professional wildlife cinematography.
Home-movie behavior
The clip carries the value of an unstaged visitor encounter, with animals observed from a fixed, handheld distance across open grass.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include two dark wildebeests, an elephant with tusks, tall green grass, scattered trees, open horizon, blue sky, and cloud cover.
Film character
The footage has visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and gate-edge darkness that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition between broader Africa or nature sequences.
Historical context
The scene documents a mid-century home-movie view of large animals in open grassland, without visible people, vehicles, signage, or built structures.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright, source provenance, and wildlife-location identification before use.
Research search match
Useful for searches such as 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife, vintage savanna elephant, black wildebeest home movie, and African grassland archive footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 travel footage, then broader vintage African wildlife and grassland material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing two dark wildebeests in open green grassland with a low horizon and blue sky.
Two wildebeests stand alert in tall grass on open savanna.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant in tall grass with scattered trees and a partly cloudy sky.
A tusked elephant stands in grass near sparse trees.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant moving slowly through grassland under a pale, clouded sky.
The elephant moves through grass with trees along the horizon.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing an elephant in open grassland, framed by sparse trees and a bright sky.
An elephant crosses the grassy field near scattered trees.

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