Kenya-1969: African Elephant With Cut Tusk Standing Beside Another in Grassland

$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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African Elephant With Cut Tusk Standing Beside Another... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures an African elephant standing in a sun-dappled grassy clearing, its large ears fanned and a visible tusk cut. The elephant stands calmly beside dense green bushes, its wrinkled brown skin and long trunk clearly detailed. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with natural lighting and a slight camera wobble, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. Another elephant is partially visible behind it, suggesting a herd in a wild Kenyan setting.

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: 127568418

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 to documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing archival African elephant material without people present.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color home-movie texture, handheld framing, and dated metadata placing this elephant footage in Kenya in 1969.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot wildlife-viewing perspective, holding on the elephant calmly rather than staging action or using professional camera movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a foreground elephant, a shortened or cut tusk, a second elephant partly behind it, green bushes, grass, sun patches, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld wobble, and uneven exposure that reads as physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, a short memory beat, a transition into East African travel material, or an insert for elephant conservation context.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a mid-century tourist or home-movie encounter with elephants in a Kenyan grassland setting, without showing people or built surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status, collection permissions, and any wildlife-use sensitivities before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant footage, vintage African elephant home movie, cut tusk elephant, and archival East African wildlife.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 travel footage, then broader vintage African wildlife or elephant behavior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of an African elephant in a grassy clearing, with a shortened tusk visible and another elephant partly obscured behind it. — Foreground elephant stands calmly in grass with dense bushes behind and a second elephant partly visible.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a side view of an African elephant with its trunk lowered, standing in sunlit grass near dense greenery. — Side view of the elephant in a grassy clearing, with trunk down and bushes filling the background.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame of a foreground African elephant standing near bushes, with a second elephant partly hidden behind its legs and body. — Foreground elephant remains still while a second elephant is partly visible behind it near the bushes.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing an African elephant standing calmly in grass, with its trunk extended downward and green bushes behind it. — Elephant stands in the clearing with trunk lowered, surrounded by grass, foliage, and visible film-frame borders.

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