Kenya-1969: Poachers Kill An Elephant

$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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Poachers Kill An Elephant — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: This 8mm home movie footage captures a harrowing scene in a dry, arid landscape with scattered acacia trees under a clear blue sky. The sequence begins with a distant view of the savanna, then reveals a large elephant lying motionless on the ground, its body showing signs of injury. A person in light-colored clothing stands nearby, holding a tool, suggesting a poaching incident. The film exhibits characteristic grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur typical of vintage Super 8 footage from the late 1960s. The raw, unfiltered quality makes it a powerful piece of archival wildlife documentation.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127569781

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Supports 1960s editorial or documentary requests for East African wildlife footage showing elephant poaching aftermath in an amateur 8mm record.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s safari-era home-movie views, with dry savanna, acacia-like trees, handheld framing, and period color film stock.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the brief, unstaged visitor-shot perspective as the camera searches the landscape and then records a motionless elephant and nearby person.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dry grassland, scattered trees, blue sky, dark film-frame borders, a prone elephant, and a standing person at the edge of the scene.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, handheld drift, gate edges, and blue-purple color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, evidentiary cutaway, or sobering transition within a sequence about wildlife loss, poaching, or safari-era travel.
Historical context: The clip visually places wildlife violence within an arid Kenyan landscape, but the frames alone do not identify the people involved or the exact circumstances.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual sensitivities should be reviewed separately from copyright, especially because the scene includes animal death.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm elephant poaching, dead elephant home movie, vintage safari wildlife violence, and East Africa archive footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with Kenya 1969 wildlife or safari material, then with broader archival themes of poaching, conservation, and animal death.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing dry grassland, scattered acacia-like trees, blue sky, and dark film borders. — The clip opens on a distant, handheld view of dry savanna and scattered trees.

1969 Kenya 8mm view of arid grassland and scattered trees, with visible grain, soft focus, and gate-edge borders. — A second landscape view holds on scrubby terrain before the elephant is revealed.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a blurred handheld view of dry savanna, green shrubs, and scattered trees under blue sky. — The camera continues across dry terrain with vegetation blurred by handheld motion.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a motionless elephant on dry ground, with a person partly visible nearby at the right edge. — A motionless elephant lies on the ground while a person stands close by at the edge of frame.

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