Nigeria-1969: African Elephant in Tall Grass

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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African Elephant in Tall Grass — Clip Details

A majestic African elephant stands in tall grass in a sun-drenched savanna, captured on 8mm film in 1969. The elephant, shown in profile, has large ears and prominent white tusks, with its trunk slightly raised. The footage exhibits natural film grain, warm color tones, and the characteristic vignette of vintage home movie footage. The animal remains mostly still, occasionally twitching its ear, offering a peaceful glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat. This authentic 1960s home movie captures the quiet dignity of the pachyderm in Nigeria.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127565033

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: Useful for 1960s wildlife, Nigeria, African travel, conservation, or safari-related documentary sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of an elephant in tall grass.
Period detail: The visible clues are the 8mm color stock, soft handheld framing, and period home-movie exposure rather than any identifiable landmark or dated object.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient, observational quality of a visitor-shot wildlife moment, with the camera holding on the elephant as it stands and shifts subtly in the grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a side-on African elephant, long white tusks, large ears, raised trunk, tall savanna grass, a low tree line, pale sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows warm 8mm color, visible grain, slight vignetting, soft focus, and minor exposure variation that give the wildlife scene physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, quiet transition, or observational beat within a broader 1960s Africa or natural-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents mid-century home-movie wildlife filming in Nigeria, showing an elephant in open grassland without visible people, vehicles, or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status, wildlife/location context, and any project-specific clearance needs.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm elephant footage, African elephant in tall grass, vintage home movie wildlife, and 1960s savanna animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or travel home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

African elephant stands in profile in tall grass, framed by dark 8mm film borders.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of an African elephant standing side-on in open grassland with tusks and large ear visible. — Elephant remains nearly still in the grass, shown side-on against a low tree line.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with a side view of an African elephant in tall grass, darker from exposure shift or shadow. — Side view of the elephant in taller grass, with the frame slightly darker than earlier moments.

Elephant holds its position in the savanna grass, with tusks and trunk clearly visible.

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