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Nigeria-1969: Wild African Elephant in Savanna Grassland

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Wild African Elephant in Savanna Grassland — Clip Details

A majestic African elephant with large tusks stands in a sunlit grassy savanna, its massive form filling the frame against a backdrop of scattered trees and a bright blue sky with soft clouds. Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures the animal in its natural habitat, its trunk slightly raised and tail swishing gently. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a sense of nostalgic wildlife observation from Nigeria. The elephant remains mostly still, exuding calm power in the open prairie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127564844

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s archival wildlife requests needing short 8mm footage of an African elephant in open savanna for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail
The visible clues are primarily the 8mm film look, soft color, and handheld wildlife framing; the 1969 Nigeria setting is supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the feel of a visitor-shot wildlife observation, holding on the elephant as it stands and shifts slightly in tall grass without staged action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a tusked elephant, tall savanna grass, scattered low trees, blue sky, soft clouds, strong sunlight, and dark contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character
The footage shows warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that contribute useful archival texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, natural-history transition, or quiet establishing beat for African savanna material.
Historical context
The scene documents a large wild animal in open grassland through a home-movie lens, without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or identifiable park signage.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review source copyright, wildlife-location claims, and any production-specific clearance needs.
Research search match
Likely matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm elephant footage, vintage African wildlife home movie, tusked elephant in savanna, and 1960s travel wildlife film.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Nigeria 1969 wildlife or travel scenes, then with broader vintage African savanna animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a tusked African elephant in sunlit savanna grass with low trees and clouds behind it.
A tusked elephant stands in tall savanna grass under a bright, clouded sky.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a tusked elephant seen from the side in open grassland, with a tree line and cloudy sky in the background.
The elephant is seen side-on in open grassland with its tusks and trunk visible.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing the elephant closer to camera, partly shadowed, with tusks, trunk, tall grass, and bright sky visible.
A closer view shows the elephant partly in shadow against the sunlit savanna.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a tusked elephant standing in savanna grass, framed by a dark film edge with trees and clouds beyond.
The elephant remains in the grass, framed by the film edge with sky and trees behind.

Visually Similar Clips

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