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Nigeria-1969: African Elephant Walking And Grazing On Wild Grasses Outside In

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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African Elephant Walking And Grazing On Wild Grasses... — Clip Details

A majestic African elephant walks slowly through tall green grass in a sun-drenched savanna, its large ears flapping gently and long tusks gleaming in the light. Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures the elephant grazing and moving calmly across the wild landscape, with a distant treeline under a bright blue sky. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, authentic feel of mid-century wildlife observation.

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
127564900

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, Nigeria, African travel, conservation, education, or documentary sequences needing real 8mm elephant footage.
Period detail
The visible 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and soft exposure may show a late-1960s amateur wildlife observation style.
Home-movie behavior
The clip holds an unstaged visitor-shot view of an elephant moving and grazing, with the camera observing from a respectful distance.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a tusked elephant, tall green grass, open savanna, distant treeline, blue sky, clouds, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage carries 8mm grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, handheld steadiness shifts, and contact-print style frame edges.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, conservation context shot, or calm transition between African landscape scenes.
Historical context
The clip visually documents an elephant in open grassland in Nigeria-era home-movie footage, without identifying a specific reserve or expedition.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, location identification, and wildlife-use context still require review.
Research search match
Matches searches such as 1969 Nigeria 8mm elephant, African elephant home movie, vintage savanna wildlife footage, and tusked elephant grazing.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 wildlife scenes, then broader 1960s African travel or savanna animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

African elephant in Nigeria home-movie footage walks through tall green grass with tusks visible and a distant treeline behind it.
A tusked elephant moves through tall savanna grass beneath a bright sky.
Tusked African elephant stands and moves slowly through Nigerian grassland, framed by 8mm film borders and a distant treeline.
The elephant faces right as it moves through sunlit grass.
A slightly soft 8mm frame shows the elephant walking in tall grass, with its ear, tusks, and dark body visible against the open landscape.
Handheld 8mm footage catches the elephant mid-stride in the grass.
Side view of a tusked African elephant in Nigeria, standing or walking through tall grass with open sky and low vegetation in the background.
A side profile shows the elephant moving calmly through the grassy landscape.

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