Kenya-1969: Two Elephants in a Red-Tinted Field with Tusks

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Two Elephants in a Red-Tinted Field with Tusks — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: Two elephants stand in a sun-drenched grassy field, their bodies tinted a distinct reddish-brown under the bright light. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animals in a natural setting with trees in the background. The grainy texture and color saturation are characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the late 1960s. One elephant has visible tusks, while the other stands slightly behind. The scene is peaceful, with the elephants remaining mostly still, offering a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from a bygone era.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127568119

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya wildlife archive requests needing short 8mm home-movie cutaways of elephants in open grassland.
Period detail: The 8mm color, grain, soft focus, and saturated reddish cast support a late-1960s home-movie feel, with no visible landmarks to narrow the setting beyond Kenya metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the elephants at a distance with a steady tourist or traveler viewpoint, preserving an unstaged wildlife encounter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two elephants, one with small tusks, dry green grass, reddish earth, low shrubs, tree shade, bright sun, and rounded 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has visible grain, mild softness, exposure flicker, saturated color, and gate-edge framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, or transition within material about Kenya, safari viewing, or vintage family travel.
Historical context: The scene documents elephants seen in a natural-looking open area during a 1969 Kenya trip, without enough visual evidence to identify a park or reserve.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and wildlife/location context for intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage safari home movie, wild elephants with tusks, and 1960s African wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1969 Kenya scenes, then broader vintage safari or elephant wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Kenya home-movie footage, one elephant stands facing the camera in a bright grassy field with reddish soil and shrubs behind. — An elephant stands in open grassland, facing the camera under bright sun.

A lone elephant faces the camera in 1969 Kenya footage, standing in bright grass with low shrubs and dark tree shade beyond. — The elephant remains nearly still in the open field, framed by grass and shrubs.

Two elephants appear in a 1969 Kenya 8mm frame, with one facing forward in the foreground and another partly behind to the right. — Two elephants stand in the field, the nearer one facing the camera.

In the final 1969 Kenya frame, two elephants stand in sunlit grass, with the nearer elephant facing forward and the second turned sideways. — The pair of elephants remains in view as sunlight and shade cross the grass.

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