Kenya-1969: Young Elephant Walking and Eating Vegetation

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Young Elephant Walking and Eating Vegetation — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A young elephant with large ears and small tusks walks slowly through a grassy clearing, its trunk holding green vegetation as it chews. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animal in natural daylight, surrounded by dense green bushes. The warm, reddish-brown tones of the elephant's skin contrast with the vibrant foliage, creating a nostalgic, vintage feel. The camera remains steady, offering a clear view of the elephant's gentle movements and natural behavior in its habitat.

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: 127567793

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: Kenya 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 Kenya wildlife requests needing real 8mm footage of a young elephant feeding and moving slowly in natural habitat.
Period detail: The frames show vintage color 8mm wildlife footage, with era supported by the 1969 metadata rather than visible dated signage or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a patient observer's viewpoint, holding on the elephant's unposed feeding and walking behavior without staged interaction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young elephant, small tusks, large ears, green leaves in its trunk, grassy ground, dense bushes, daylight, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, mild color shift, dark frame edges, and steady home-movie exposure that add physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, natural-history transition, or quiet beat showing elephant movement and feeding.
Historical context: The clip documents a visitor-level view of wildlife in Kenya, centered on animal behavior rather than a named reserve, event, or conservation claim.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant footage, young elephant eating vegetation, vintage African wildlife home movie, and elephant walking cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife material, then broader vintage elephant or African safari home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Kenya 8mm footage, a young elephant with small tusks faces forward while feeding on green vegetation. — Young elephant standing in a grassy clearing with leaves held near its mouth.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame showing a young elephant facing the camera, trunk raised with leafy branches while it feeds. — Front view of a young elephant feeding on leaves against dense green brush.

A young elephant in Kenya, dated by metadata to 1969, walks slowly with vegetation held by its trunk. — Young elephant walking forward while continuing to feed in a green clearing.

Vintage 8mm frame from Kenya showing a young elephant turning slightly as it feeds on green vegetation. — Elephant lifting its trunk with leaves while standing before dense foliage.

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