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Nigeria-1969: Side View Of African Elephant In Tall Grass Blue Sky And White

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Side View Of African Elephant In Tall Grass Blue Sky And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a majestic African elephant standing in tall grass under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. The elephant, viewed from the side, displays its large ears and prominent white tusks as it shifts its weight and moves slowly through the sun-drenched savanna. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and slight camera shake, offering an authentic glimpse of wildlife in Nigeria during the late 1960s. The natural setting and candid movement evoke a sense of nostalgia and archival authenticity.

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
127564882

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s wildlife or travel-history productions needing archival Nigerian home-movie footage of an African elephant in open grassland.
Period detail
The color 8mm look, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1969 date place the clip in late-1960s amateur travel or wildlife filming.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, with the camera observing the elephant from a steady side angle as it slowly shifts and walks through tall grass.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a tusked African elephant, tall green grass, blue sky, white clouds, distant shrubs, and soft film-edge shadows.
Film character
The clip shows physical-film texture through visible grain, saturated color, mild exposure variation, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel cutaway, environmental transition, or brief memory beat within a 1960s Africa sequence.
Historical context
The scene visually documents a large elephant in open Nigerian grassland without showing people, built structures, signage, or identifiable human activity.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, archive source rights, and wildlife-location claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1969 8mm Nigeria elephant footage, African elephant in tall grass, vintage wildlife home movie, and 1960s savanna animal clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or safari home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a tusked African elephant in side view, partly shadowed, standing in tall grass under blue sky.
A tusked elephant stands side-on in tall grass beneath a bright sky.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a tusked African elephant moving slowly through grass, with blue sky and distant shrubs behind it.
The elephant moves across the grass with its tusks visible in profile.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing an African elephant in profile, tail extended and tusks visible, crossing open grassland.
A side-profile elephant crosses the grassy field with a handheld home-movie look.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a tusked African elephant walking through tall grass under bright sky with scattered white clouds.
The elephant continues through the tall grass under a blue, clouded sky.

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