Kenya-1969: Three Elephants Strolling In The Reservoir

$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.

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

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Three Elephants Strolling In The Reservoir — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: Three elephants stroll through a sun-dappled grassy clearing, their reddish-brown skin contrasting with the vibrant green foliage. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a natural moment in a lush, wooded environment, with one elephant in the foreground and two others further back. The image exhibits the characteristic grain, color saturation, and soft focus of vintage home movie footage from the late 1960s. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful wildlife observation in a natural habitat.

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: 127568040

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 footage requests needing home-movie views of elephants moving through a wooded clearing or reservoir-edge landscape.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and handheld framing support the 1969 home-movie date, while the frames themselves show no identifiable landmark or dated object.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the elephants from a distant, non-staged visitor viewpoint, holding on their slow movement rather than constructing a formal wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three elephants, reddish soil, short grass, dense green shrubs, dappled sunlight, tree shadows, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a vintage 8mm texture with visible grain, saturated greens and reds, slight softness, exposure variation, and handheld framing from scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, calm transition, or establishing detail for archival material about Kenya and elephant observation.
Historical context: The footage documents a tourist or amateur camera view of elephants in a natural-looking Kenyan setting without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or signage.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, wildlife-location permissions, and collection provenance should still be reviewed before reuse.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage home movie elephant clearing, and African wildlife reservoir footage would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife scenes, then broader vintage home-movie footage of elephants and nature reserves.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing three elephants in a sunlit grassy clearing bordered by dense shrubs and dark film edges. — Three elephants move through a green clearing, one in the foreground and two in the distance.

1969 Kenya home-movie frame with a foreground elephant facing the camera and two elephants near the wooded background. — A foreground elephant faces forward as two elephants remain farther back near the brush.

1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife view of three elephants spaced through a grassy clearing with shrubland behind them. — The elephants are spread across the clearing, framed by trees and low vegetation.

1969 Kenya frame with a foreground elephant in a clearing and another elephant partly obscured near the shrubs at upper right. — A foreground elephant remains centered while a second elephant is partly hidden near the brush.

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