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Nigeria-1969: Lone Elephant Walking Through Tall Green Grass On A Clear Day

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Lone Elephant Walking Through Tall Green Grass On A... — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: A lone elephant walks through a vast, sun-drenched grassland under a clear blue sky with scattered clouds. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the majestic animal from behind as it moves steadily across the open field, its large ears and tusks visible. The scene is framed by dark borders, characteristic of vintage home movie footage, with natural film grain and slightly faded colors enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality. The elephant's slow, deliberate movement and the serene landscape evoke a sense of peaceful wildlife observation in a remote African setting.

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
127565113

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

  • animals
  • wildlife
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  • green
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  • 1969
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  • Nigerian elephant
  • African savanna
  • home movie archive
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  • wildlife documentary
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  • retro nature film
  • 1960s wildlife
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  • African wildlife
  • 8mm film grain
  • nostalgic wildlife
  • vintage safari footage
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  • 1969 home movie
  • elephant walking
  • vintage nature film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s archival requests needing visitor-shot wildlife footage of an elephant in Nigerian grassland for documentary, museum, education, or nature-history edits.
Period detail
The 8mm framing, faded color, visible grain, and home-movie exposure may show late-1960s travel or wildlife observation, with Nigeria and 1969 supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes from a distance as the elephant walks away, giving the scene the unstaged feel of a traveler or visitor recording wildlife in the open.
What appears in frame
A lone elephant, tall green grass, low shrub line, blue sky, scattered clouds, visible tusk, dark frame edges, and soft 8mm grain are visible.
Film character
The clip has a physical 8mm texture with dark gate borders, gentle handheld framing, grain, slightly faded color, and uneven exposure across the bright sky and shaded animal.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, calm transition, or establishing beat for archival material about African landscapes or animal observation.
Historical context
The footage visually documents a solitary elephant moving through open grassland, offering context for mid-century amateur wildlife filming without showing people or built structures.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, archive source rights, and any wildlife-location claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match
Researchers might look for 1969 Nigeria 8mm elephant footage, vintage home-movie wildlife grassland, lone elephant walking, or African safari travel film.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Nigeria 1969 material, then with 1960s wildlife, grassland, travel, or animal-observation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1969 Nigeria footage, a lone elephant walks away through tall green grass under scattered clouds.
A solitary elephant moves across open grassland with its ears and one tusk visible.
A lone elephant in the Nigeria 1969 clip walks through grass, partly silhouetted against the bright sky.
The elephant continues through the grass as the camera holds a distant view.
The elephant moves away across Nigerian grassland in a grainy 8mm frame with dark gate edges.
The animal is seen from behind as it crosses the grassland.
A lone elephant nears the right edge of the 1969 Nigeria frame, its tusk visible against open grassland.
The elephant exits toward the side of the frame across the open field.

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