Kenya-1969: An Elephant Standing In The Middle Of A Grass Field

$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 Standing In The Middle Of A Grass Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a solitary elephant standing in a grassy field in Kenya. The elephant, with its reddish-brown skin, stands motionless in the center of the frame, surrounded by green grass and a backdrop of dense trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color saturation, and subtle film grain. The scene is bathed in natural daylight, with shadows cast across the terrain, creating a nostalgic and authentic wildlife moment 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: 127567909

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 suited for documentary inserts, travel-history sequences, museum media, or archival cutaways needing a solitary elephant in a natural setting.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and visitor-distance framing support a late-1960s home-movie feel, while the grassy clearing and trees are consistent with the Kenya metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged safari-viewing perspective, with the camera holding on a distant elephant rather than constructing a formal wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a solitary elephant, reddish soil, patchy green grass, dense trees, foreground brush, and broad shadows across the clearing.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, modest grain, natural daylight exposure, and slight frame variation that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, quiet travel-memory beat, or transition within a 1960s East Africa sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects visitor-shot wildlife observation in Kenya without identifying a specific reserve, tour route, or conservation event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright, location context, and wildlife-use requirements for the intended project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant, 1960s safari home movie, vintage East Africa wildlife footage, and elephant in grass field archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1969 Kenya wildlife or travel shots, and then with broader vintage safari or elephant footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a distant elephant standing in a grassy field bordered by trees and brush. — A lone elephant stands in a sunlit grassy clearing with trees and brush in the background.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with a stationary elephant centered in a grassy field, seen from a visitor-like distance. — The elephant remains centered in the clearing, surrounded by low grass, brush, and dark tree shadows.

Soft 8mm frame from Kenya in 1969 showing a lone elephant in a green clearing with trees beyond. — A soft-focus view holds on the elephant as it stands in the open field near a darker tree line.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame of a solitary elephant standing in a grassy clearing, with brush and trees around it. — The final frame shows the elephant still in place, with brush at the edge and shadows across the grass.

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