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Lagos Nigeria-1969: Man With Suitcases Approaching Tent In Grass Field

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLagos, Nigeria
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Man With Suitcases Approaching Tent In Grass Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 shows a man in a dark suit walking across a grassy field toward a large tented structure. He carries two suitcases, one in each hand, as he approaches the tent, which has a green roof and white support poles. The scene is set in a rural, natural environment with tall grass and trees under a bright sky with scattered clouds. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of travel or arrival in a remote camp setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122663576

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Lagos, Nigeria Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • very cozy
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  • man with suitcases
  • rural campsite
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  • grassy field
  • African travel
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  • vintage travel
  • documentary footage
  • retro film
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  • historical footage
  • family vacation

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s West Africa travel, arrival, field camp, or expatriate home-movie sequences needing a brief nonverbal arrival beat.
Period detail
The clothing, soft-sided luggage, canvas tent structure, and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s home-movie reading, with Lagos, Nigeria supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes an adult man from behind as he carries two suitcases toward a tent, giving the moment an unstaged travel or camp-arrival quality.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a suited man, two suitcases, a large tent with pale poles, tall grass, trees, a bright clouded sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character
The clip has 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, saturated sky highlights, handheld framing, and visible contact-print borders that add archival texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as an establishing insert, travel transition, arrival cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a longer Lagos or Nigeria sequence.
Historical context
The scene may show temporary camp or field accommodation near Lagos, with the visual emphasis on movement through grass toward a tented shelter.
Research note
An adult person is visible from a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match
Searches for 1969 Lagos 8mm home movie, Nigeria tent camp arrival, man carrying suitcases, West Africa travel footage, and vintage field lodging may match this clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, then broader travel, camp, arrival, or field accommodation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing a man in dark clothing carrying two suitcases toward a canvas tent in a grassy field.
A man approaches a tented structure while carrying luggage through tall grass.
In this Lagos 1969 frame, the suited figure continues toward a tent with a green roof, seen from a handheld 8mm perspective.
The traveler moves closer to the tent, still carrying one suitcase in each hand.
The man appears near the tent in a 1969 Lagos home-movie view, with grass, trees, and a bright sky surrounding the scene.
The figure pauses or slows near the tented structure in the grass.
A wide 1969 Lagos frame shows the tented structure dominating the scene, with the luggage-carrying man reduced to a small figure nearby.
The man becomes a small figure beside the tent as the shot widens.

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