Kenya-1969: A Herd Of Wild Elephants Feeding In Their Natural Habitat

$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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A Herd Of Wild Elephants Feeding In Their Natural Habitat — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A herd of wild elephants, including adults and calves, forages in a sun-drenched savanna. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the elephants moving through grassy fields with dense green trees in the background. Their reddish-brown skin contrasts with the vibrant greenery under a clear blue sky. The natural, unsteady camera movement and visible film grain give the clip an authentic vintage home movie feel, offering a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127568484

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 editorial requests for elephants feeding in a natural savanna setting.
Period detail: The visible 8mm color, soft focus, and handheld safari viewpoint support a late-1960s home-movie reading, with no landmarks or modern identifiers visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, observing elephants from a distance as they forage rather than presenting a formal wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult elephants, smaller calves, reddish soil, short grass, dense green trees, shrubs, blue sky, and dark contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows pronounced 8mm grain, slight blur, saturated greens and browns, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, African travel cutaway, transitional nature beat, or period safari memory detail.
Historical context: The scene documents elephants foraging in a Kenyan landscape as seen through a 1969 home-movie camera, without visible people, vehicles, or tourist facilities.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright, source permissions, and any wildlife or location-use requirements.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Kenya 8mm elephants, vintage safari home movie, African wildlife archival footage, and elephants feeding in savanna.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Kenya 1969 travel footage, then with broader vintage safari or African wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Kenya 1969 8mm frame showing adult elephants and smaller animals foraging near green shrubs and trees. — Elephants feed among low grass and bushes with dense trees behind them.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame of elephants, including smaller animals, feeding in grass near dense green trees. — The herd spreads across the grass as elephants forage near a line of trees.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame showing several elephants foraging across grass and reddish earth near thick greenery. — Elephants graze and browse in a sunlit clearing bordered by shrubs and trees.

Kenya 1969 8mm frame with adult elephants and smaller animals feeding near shrubs under a blue sky. — The herd remains near the shrub line, with elephants partly obscured by foreground foliage.

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