Kenya-1969: Tourists Discover Dead Elephant On Roadside During Safari

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Tourists Discover Dead Elephant On Roadside During Safari — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A man in a light blue shirt stands on a dusty roadside, holding a rifle, as a large elephant lies dead on the ground. A vintage green and white safari vehicle is parked nearby, its rear facing the camera. Another man in a safari hat and khaki uniform stands over the elephant, observing the scene. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the somber reality of wildlife mortality during a 1960s African safari, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain of vintage home movie footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127569862

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Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya safari, wildlife mortality, roadside discovery, and tourist home-movie sequences in documentary or museum productions.
Period detail: The frames show 1969-era safari clothing, a boxy green-and-white vehicle, roadside scrub, and handheld 8mm color footage consistent with the supplied Kenya date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has visitor-shot immediacy as tourists pause beside a dead elephant and record a somber roadside encounter rather than a staged wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with a rifle, a vintage safari vehicle, a khaki-clad figure, a dead elephant, dusty roadside ground, scrub vegetation, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, motion blur, and handheld framing give the 8mm footage a fragile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or reflective beat within sequences on safari travel, wildlife encounters, or colonial-era tourism.
Historical context: The footage documents tourists encountering a dead elephant in a roadside safari setting, offering visual context for how wildlife was seen and filmed by visitors in the late 1960s.
Research note: People, possible faces, a firearm, a vehicle, and possible vehicle branding or plate details require review for likeness, sensitive subject matter, and brand or property concerns separate from copyright.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Kenya safari home movie, dead elephant roadside footage, vintage African wildlife tourism, 8mm safari vehicle, and tourist wildlife encounter.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 safari material, then broader 1960s African wildlife tourism or roadside animal encounter footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Kenya 1969 safari footage, a man in a light blue shirt stands on a dusty roadside holding a rifle near scrub and trees. — A man with a rifle stands beside the roadside in a wooded safari setting.

A green and white safari vehicle moves through the frame in the 1969 Kenya roadside safari scene. — A vintage safari vehicle passes the camera during the roadside stop.

A dead elephant lies beside the road in Kenya 1969 safari footage while a khaki-clad figure stands near its body. — A khaki-clad figure stands beside the dead elephant on the roadside.

The dead elephant remains in view on dusty roadside ground in the 1969 Kenya safari home-movie footage. — The camera lingers on the dead elephant beside the road.

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