Nigeria-1969: Two Pelicans Swimming on Blue Lake

$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.

Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Two Pelicans Swimming on Blue Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Nigeria in 1969 captures a pelican swimming on a deep blue lake, its long beak and mottled brown-and-white feathers visible against the rippling water. The grainy, slightly blurry image with a distinct purple-blue color cast reflects the film's age and analog quality. As the clip progresses, a second pelican appears, swimming alongside the first, creating a serene wildlife moment. The footage shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, with a dark border framing the scene, typical of Super 8 film. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of Nigerian wildlife and 1960s home movie aesthetics.

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: 122663348

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: Nigeria 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 requests needing 1960s Nigerian wildlife home-movie footage as a brief documentary insert, nature cutaway, or archival atmosphere shot.
Period detail: The 8mm frame edges, soft focus, color shift, and handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie reading, with Nigeria and 1969 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer quality, holding on pelicans moving across open water rather than presenting a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include one or two pelicans, rippling blue water, distant shoreline or embankment, dark film borders, soft grain, and slight blur.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through visible grain, purple-blue color cast, soft exposure, gate edges, and mild handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, reflective transition, travel-memory beat, or quiet insert within a sequence about place and natural surroundings.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for a lakeside wildlife moment in Nigeria as recorded by a home-movie camera, without identifiable people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright, source permissions, and any location-specific wildlife or archive requirements.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife footage, pelicans on lake, blue water home movie, African bird archival clip, and vintage nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Nigeria 1969 material, then other 1960s waterbird, lake, or wildlife home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a pelican with its bill raised as it swims across blue lake water. — A pelican moves across rippling blue water in a soft, grainy 8mm frame.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a pelican on a blue lake, with soft grain and a distant bank near the top edge. — The pelican remains centered on the blue lake, its long bill visible against the water.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with one pelican on blue water and a second bird partly entering from the left edge. — A second bird begins to appear at the edge while the main pelican swims on.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing two pelicans side by side on blue lake water with a distant embankment above. — Two pelicans swim together across the lake in the final frame.

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