Nigeria-1969: Elephant with Tusks in Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Elephant with Tusks in Savanna — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage footage captures a lone dark gray elephant with prominent white tusks standing in a sunlit African savanna. The elephant slowly turns its head, surveying the open grassland under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. Sparse acacia trees dot the horizon, and the film’s natural grain and color saturation evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel. The scene is calm and observational, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat during the daytime.

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: 127564598

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: Nigeria 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 or travel-documentary requests needing brief 8mm footage of an elephant in open African grassland.
Period detail: The frames may show period home-movie wildlife filming, with soft 8mm color, handheld framing, and no modern structures visible.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a fixed visitor-like distance as the elephant shifts position in the grass without staged action.
What appears in frame: A lone elephant with pale tusks, tall grass, scattered flat-topped trees, open horizon, cloudy blue sky, and dark film-frame borders are visible.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, modest exposure variation, saturated sky color, and slight handheld instability typical of physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel insert, savanna transition, or quiet observational beat in a historical sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for mid-century wildlife travel filming in Nigeria without showing people, buildings, or identifiable institutions.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright, source ownership, and wildlife-location claims before use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 Nigeria 8mm elephant, African savanna home movie, vintage wildlife footage, or lone elephant grassland may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Nigeria 1969 footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savanna travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lone tusked elephant in open grassland with sparse trees and a cloudy blue sky. — A tusked elephant stands in tall savanna grass with scattered trees on the horizon.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a dark gray elephant turning in tall grass, with sparse trees and cloud cover beyond. — The elephant turns slightly while standing in open grassland beneath a bright clouded sky.

Soft 1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant moving through grass with sparse savanna trees in the background. — A blurred handheld frame catches the elephant moving through tall grass near scattered trees.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a lone elephant facing slightly toward camera in savanna grass with trees at the horizon. — The lone elephant faces slightly forward, its tusks visible against the darker grassland.

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