Kenya-1969: Two Big Gray Elephants Walking On The Green 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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Two Big Gray Elephants Walking On The Green Field — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: Two large African elephants walk side-by-side across a sun-dappled green field, their massive forms moving slowly through the natural landscape. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the elephants' wrinkled gray skin and prominent tusks as they traverse the grassy terrain with dense green foliage in the background. The handheld camera follows their movement, creating a sense of intimate, personal observation. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife 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: 127568391

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: 1969 Kenya 8mm wildlife footage suited for documentary inserts, museum interpretation, educational sequences, or editorial cutaways about African elephants and safari-era home movies.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s color home-movie wildlife filming, with no visible buildings, vehicles, signage, or landmarks to further identify the exact site beyond the Kenya metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing follows the elephants from a close visitor or traveler perspective, giving the scene the observational feel of unstaged safari home-movie footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two large elephants, small tusks, wrinkled gray-brown skin, green grass, dense foliage, dappled sunlight, and dark contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that contribute useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, nature cutaway, or transition within a sequence about Kenya, safari travel, or elephant habitats.
Historical context: The footage offers a personal visual record of elephants in a green Kenyan landscape, without enough visible detail to support claims about a specific reserve or conservation event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright licensing and any wildlife-location sensitivities for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage African safari home movie, African elephants walking in field, and archival wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Kenya wildlife clips, then broader vintage safari or African elephant footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing two large elephants moving across a green field, with foliage in the background and dark film borders. — Two elephants walk across a sunlit green field bordered by dense vegetation.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with two elephants walking through a green clearing, one overlapping the other against leafy vegetation. — The elephants continue across the clearing, partly overlapping as they pass the foliage.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a close handheld view of two elephants walking on grass, with soft focus and green foliage behind them. — A closer handheld view catches the elephants moving slowly through the grassy area.

An elephant passes in profile beside dense green vegetation as another remains partly hidden.

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