Nigeria-1969: Elephant with Tusks Grazes in Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Elephant with Tusks Grazes in Savanna — Clip Details

A majestic elephant grazes in a vast African savanna under a dramatic purple-tinged sky, captured on 8mm film in Nigeria in 1969. The elephant, with prominent tusks and flapping ears, moves slowly through tall grass, its silhouette standing out against the distant hills and sparse trees. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color shifts, and soft focus of vintage Super 8 home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife in its natural habitat. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, and nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127564810

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: 1960s Nigerian wildlife home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts, educational context, or archival cutaways of an elephant grazing in open savanna.
Period detail: The frame may show a 1969 visitor-filmed wildlife view, with no visible modern structures, vehicles, signage, or people to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds an observational distance as the elephant moves through grass, giving the clip the unstaged feel of a traveler recording wildlife encounter footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked elephant, tall grass, distant low hills, scattered trees, clouded sky, dark frame edges, and soft 8mm color shifts.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, purple-blue color cast, and slight handheld framing that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, regional establishing cutaway, quiet transition, or reflective memory beat within broader African travel or nature material.
Historical context: The clip visually documents an elephant in open grassland habitat, but the frames alone do not identify a reserve, species population status, or specific local event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright licensing and any wildlife-location sensitivities should be checked separately from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm elephant footage, African savanna home movie wildlife, vintage tusked elephant grazing, and Super 8 nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Nigeria 1969 travel or wildlife clips, then broader 1960s African savanna and elephant habitat material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a tusked elephant in tall savanna grass with low hills and a cloudy purple sky behind it. — A tusked elephant stands in tall grass against distant hills and heavy clouds.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of an elephant grazing in open savanna, silhouetted against low hills, sparse trees, and a cloudy sky. — The elephant grazes slowly in open grassland, partly silhouetted by the sky.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing the elephant darker in exposure, with tusks visible amid tall grass and distant trees. — The elephant appears in darker exposure as it continues through the grass.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with a clearer side view of a tusked elephant walking through tall grass beneath a cloud-filled sky. — A clearer side view shows the elephant moving through tall grass with tusks prominent.

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