Kenya-1969: Two Elephants Walking Across Grassy Plain

$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)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Two Elephants Walking Across Grassy Plain — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: Two elephants walk across a grassy plain in this vintage 8mm home movie. The foreground elephant, with a visible tusk, swings its trunk and moves steadily toward the camera, while a second elephant forages near a bush in the background. The footage captures the natural behavior of the animals in a sun-drenched savanna setting, with rich, saturated colors and the characteristic grain and soft focus of 1960s Super 8 film. The shot is framed by dark borders, typical of home movie projections, adding to its nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic wildlife moment is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127568236

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya wildlife archive requests needing brief home-movie footage of elephants moving through open grassland.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, soft focus, saturated exposure, and black frame edges support a late-1960s home-movie travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged safari-visitor viewpoint, holding on two elephants as one approaches and another feeds near brush.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two elephants, a grassy plain, low shrubs, sloping ground, bright sun, shadows, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has warm color, visible grain, slight softness, and projected-frame borders that give the wildlife scene a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transitional beat in a sequence about Kenya or safari viewing.
Historical context: The scene shows tourist-era home-movie observation of elephants in Kenya without identifying a specific park, reserve, or event.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but wildlife, copyright, location, and collection permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage safari home movie, African wildlife footage, and elephants walking on grassland.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Kenya 1969 footage, then broader vintage safari or elephant wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two elephants on grassland, one facing the camera while the other forages near shrubs. — Two elephants stand on open grassland, with the nearer elephant facing forward.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with a foreground elephant facing forward and a second elephant near shrubs on a grassy slope. — A foreground elephant pauses or walks forward as another elephant remains near the bushes.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing an elephant moving toward the camera, with another elephant partly obscured behind it. — The nearer elephant advances across the grass while the second elephant is partly hidden behind it.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a foreground elephant facing the camera and another elephant browsing near bushes behind. — One elephant faces the camera while the other remains close to the shrubs in the background.

Visually Similar Clips