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Nigeria-1969: Lone Elephant Walks Through Tall Grass On A Clear Sunny Day

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Lone Elephant Walks Through Tall Grass On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

A majestic African elephant with prominent tusks walks slowly through tall green grass in a sunlit savanna. Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures the animal in its natural habitat under a clear blue sky. The footage shows the elephant moving steadily across the open plain, with scattered trees visible in the distance. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain give the clip a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife from Nigeria during the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127564915

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
Supports 1960s wildlife archive requests needing Nigerian home-movie footage of a lone African elephant moving through open grassland.
Period detail
The 8mm color image, soft exposure, and visible frame borders support a late-1960s home-movie character, while the savanna setting is identified from clip metadata as Nigeria.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has an observational travel-film feel, with the camera holding on the animal rather than staging action or using a formal wildlife-film setup.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a single tusked elephant, tall green grass, open sky, distant tree line, sunlit savanna, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character
The clip shows modest grain, faded color, slight softness, and contact-print framing that give the wildlife moment a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, regional transition, natural-history cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a 1960s Africa sequence.
Historical context
The frames show a solitary elephant in open grassland, offering visual context for wildlife observation in archival travel footage without confirming a specific reserve or expedition.
Research note
No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, archive ownership, and wildlife-location claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match
Useful for searches such as 1969 Nigeria elephant 8mm footage, vintage African wildlife home movie, lone elephant tall grass, and 1960s savanna travel film.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savanna travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lone tusked elephant walking through tall savanna grass beneath a clear sky.
A lone elephant moves through tall grass with distant trees behind it.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a tusked elephant in profile moving across sunlit grassland.
The elephant continues across the open plain in profile.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a close view of a lone elephant stepping through dense grass.
The animal passes closer to the camera through tall grass.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a lone elephant walking rightward through savanna grass with distant trees.
A tusked elephant walks rightward across the grassy landscape.

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