Kenya-1969: An Elephant Feeding In Its Natural Habitat

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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An Elephant Feeding In Its Natural Habitat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a young elephant feeding in its natural habitat in Kenya. The elephant, with its reddish-brown skin, uses its trunk to pull leaves and branches from surrounding green vegetation. The footage, framed by the characteristic black borders of Super 8 film, shows the animal moving slowly through a grassy clearing bordered by dense bushes. The natural lighting and film grain give the clip an authentic, nostalgic quality, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife from the late 1960s.

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: 127567813

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

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: 1960s Kenya wildlife home-movie footage for productions needing a brief archival insert of a young elephant feeding in natural vegetation.
Period detail: The visible 8mm frame borders, grain, color response, and handheld framing support the 1969 home-movie context supplied in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the elephant from a fixed visitor-like distance, holding on its slow feeding behavior without staging or narration.
What appears in frame: A young elephant, green shrubs, leafy branches, grass, black film-frame borders, and uneven natural light are visible across the frames.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight blur, warm color shifts, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within a broader 1960s Kenya or nature sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a tourist or amateur view of an elephant feeding in vegetation, offering visual context for wildlife observation in late-1960s Kenya.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright, source permissions, and any location or wildlife-use requirements.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Kenya elephant footage, 8mm African wildlife home movie, young elephant feeding, and vintage nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Kenya material, then broader vintage elephant or African wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young elephant in Kenya, 1969 metadata context, using its trunk near leafy branches in a grassy clearing. — Young elephant stands near bushes while feeding on leaves.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame of a young elephant facing forward with its trunk lowered near vegetation. — Elephant faces the camera at the edge of dense vegetation.

Young elephant in a 1969 Kenya 8mm frame, partly cropped while drawing leaves toward its trunk. — Elephant reaches into nearby leaves while standing in grass.

Kenya 1969 wildlife home-movie frame showing a young elephant extending its trunk toward leaves beside bushes. — Elephant extends its trunk toward leaves in a grassy clearing.

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