Nigeria-1969: Elephant Walking Through Tall Grass in Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Elephant Walking Through Tall Grass in Savanna — 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 restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127564915

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: 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.

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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