Kenya-1969: Two Elephants in Savanna, One Feeding on Leaves

$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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Two Elephants in Savanna, One Feeding on Leaves — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: Two elephants stand in a sun-drenched grassy field, their bodies coated in reddish-brown dust. The larger elephant on the left stands calmly, facing forward, while the smaller one on the right uses its trunk to pull leaves from a bush. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, warm color tones, and a slightly soft focus, capturing a quiet moment of wildlife in the Kenyan savanna. The scene is framed by dark borders, suggesting a home movie origin.

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: 127568186

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: Useful for 1960s Kenya wildlife archive requests needing observational elephant behavior for documentary, museum, education, or period travel context.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie framing, soft color, and 1969 metadata support a late-1960s visitor-shot view of elephants in Kenya, with no visible modern infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient feel of a traveler filming wildlife from a fixed vantage point as one elephant stands while the other feeds from a bush.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two elephants, dry grass, a leafy bush, reddish soil, tree shadows, sloped ground, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, warm faded color, slight softness, and gate-edge borders that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, quiet transition, or establishing detail within a Kenya or East Africa sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows elephants in open scrubby terrain and supports broad visual context for wildlife tourism or nature observation without identifying a specific reserve.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific filming permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage East Africa wildlife footage, elephant feeding bush, and home-movie safari animal scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife material, then broader vintage elephant or savanna home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two elephants in open grass, the left one facing the camera and the right one reaching into a leafy bush. — Two elephants stand in open grass as one feeds from a bush.

1969 Kenya wildlife frame with a larger elephant facing forward and a second elephant using its trunk near a bush. — One elephant faces the camera while the other feeds at the edge of the brush.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of two elephants on dry grass, with one standing still and the other partly turned into nearby foliage. — The elephants stay close together in a sunlit clearing.

Late-1960s Kenya home-movie frame showing two elephants beside brush, with visible 8mm borders and soft color. — Two elephants linger near brush in the final frame of the clip.

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