Kenya-1969: Dead Elephant Lying on Ground with Man Observing

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Dead Elephant Lying on Ground with Man Observing — Clip Details

KENYA-1969: A large elephant lies motionless on sandy ground, its massive body and tusks visible in the 8mm film frame. The animal appears deceased, with a noticeable wound on its side. A person in a uniform stands nearby, observing the scene. The setting is a dry, natural landscape with sparse vegetation and trees in the background. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage captures a somber moment in the wild, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain of Super 8 home movie footage.

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: 127570013

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: This 1969 Kenya 8mm clip helps documentary and museum editors source a brief wildlife mortality scene from East African travel or safari footage.
Period detail: The uniformed observer, handheld framing, and 8mm color stock may show late-1960s tourist or field documentation in a dry Kenyan landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds at a cautious distance as a visitor or filmmaker records the elephant and nearby observer without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dead elephant, tusks, a side wound, sandy ground, dry brush, trees, and a standing uniformed man at frame edge.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, slight gate edges, and handheld stillness that preserve the physical-film home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a somber insert, wildlife cutaway, conservation context beat, or transition into narration about mortality or safari encounters.
Historical context: The scene documents a large elephant lying motionless in a dry outdoor setting, with a human observer present but no visible cause or event context confirmed.
Research note: People are visible at the edge of frame, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright and any wildlife or location-use considerations.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 Kenya elephant footage, dead elephant 8mm film, vintage safari wildlife scene, and East Africa home movie animal remains.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel safari footage, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife clips, then broader vintage elephant or conservation-related scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a dead elephant on sandy ground with tusks visible and a uniformed observer partly in frame. — A motionless elephant lies on sandy ground while a man stands nearby at the edge of the frame.

1969 Kenya frame of a motionless elephant with tusks and a side wound, filmed from a low handheld distance. — The elephant remains motionless in the dry clearing, with a person partly visible at the right edge.

1969 Kenya 8mm view of a dead elephant lying in a sandy clearing, with dry brush and trees in the background. — A still view centers the elephant's body in a sparse outdoor landscape.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with a dead elephant in a dry clearing and a uniformed man standing nearby at right. — A uniformed observer stands near the motionless elephant at the edge of the shot.

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