South Africa-1969: Tan Eland Walks On Green Grass On A Clear Day

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSouth Africa
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

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Tan Eland Walks On Green Grass On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a large antelope, likely a common eland, standing and walking across a vast green savanna in South Africa. The animal, with its tan coat and distinctive spiral horns, moves slowly through the grassy plain under a bright, clear sky. Rolling hills stretch into the distance, and the footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color palette of Super 8 film from the late 1960s. This archival wildlife clip offers authentic, nostalgic footage of African fauna in its natural habitat.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127578777

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: South Africa 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: 1960s South Africa wildlife footage for documentary inserts, educational sequences, or archive-led edits needing a brief home-movie view of an eland-like antelope on open grassland.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft exposure, and handheld framing support the 1969 home-movie date, while the landscape itself offers few specific period clues beyond the analog film look.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient feel of a traveler or family filmer pausing to watch a single antelope stand and walk across open grassland without staging or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tan spiral-horned antelope, green grass, a pale water or flatland band, rolling distant hills, bright clouded sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, mild softness, color shift, gate borders, and slight handheld steadiness that read as original amateur film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, quiet transition, or establishing detail within a South Africa or African savanna sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows an open grassland wildlife encounter in South Africa, but the frames do not identify a specific reserve, park, or conservation setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though species identification and copyright status should still be checked separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife, vintage home movie antelope, eland on grassland, and African savanna travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel South Africa wildlife shots, then with other 1969 South Africa travel material, then with broader vintage African animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing an eland-like antelope standing on open grassland before distant hills. — A tan spiral-horned antelope stands in profile on open green grassland.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame of an eland-like antelope paused on grassland under a bright sky. — The antelope remains still on the plain, framed by rolling hills in the distance.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing an eland-like antelope walking slowly across open grassland. — The antelope begins walking across the grass in a wide savanna view.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame of an eland-like antelope moving across grassland, seen from behind and side. — The antelope continues across the open plain as hills recede in the background.

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