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Lagos Nigeria-1969: Large Blue Tent Structure And Clothesline On Bright Sunny Day

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLagos, Nigeria
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Large Blue Tent Structure And Clothesline On Bright... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969, showing a large blue and black canvas tent structure set up in a grassy field. The tent features a prominent blue roof and is surrounded by tall green grass and trees under a bright, sunny sky. A clothesline with laundry hangs to the side, suggesting a temporary camp or outdoor living space. The image has the characteristic grain and color saturation of 1960s Super 8 film, with a natural, unscripted feel. This archival footage captures a moment of everyday life in a tropical setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122663603

Rights & Clearance

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 (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

  • color
  • objects
  • building
  • outdoors
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  • clothesline
  • bright
  • sunny
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  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 Nigeria
  • Lagos Nigeria
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • outdoor camping
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  • 1960s Africa
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • nostalgic camping
  • blue tent
  • sunny day
  • grassy field
  • 8mm film
  • vintage home movie
  • historical footage
  • documentary clip
  • old film
  • classic footage
  • African lifestyle
  • 1960s nostalgia
  • outdoor recreation
  • family camping
  • vintage Africa

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s West Africa documentary requests needing an exterior home-movie cutaway of a temporary camp-like tent and laundry in Lagos, Nigeria.
Period detail
The 8mm color stock, canvas tent construction, clothesline, and handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie view, with 1969 Lagos supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the casual observation of a traveler or resident filming a quiet outdoor setup rather than staging an action or formal scene.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a blue-roofed dark canvas tent, guy ropes, tall grass, trees, a bright sky, laundry on a clothesline, and a shaded open side.
Film character
Soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, slight exposure variation, and handheld movement give the scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as an establishing insert, environmental cutaway, transition, or memory beat for outdoor living, travel, or camp material.
Historical context
The footage provides visual context for everyday outdoor space in Lagos in 1969 without identifying the site, occupants, or purpose of the tent.
Research note
No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but copyright, location context, and any property or site permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match
Researcher searches might include 1969 Lagos 8mm tent, Nigeria home movie outdoor camp, blue canvas tent clothesline, and West Africa travel footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Lagos 1969 exteriors, then broader home-movie scenes of tents, camps, laundry, or outdoor living.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing a blue-roofed dark canvas tent, guy ropes, tall grass, trees, and laundry at the side.
A canvas tent with a blue roof stands in grass, with laundry hanging beside it.
1969 Lagos frame of a dark canvas tent with a blue roof, set in tall grass with trees and laundry visible to the right.
The tent remains centered in the grassy clearing with a clothesline along its side.
Soft 1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing the blue-roofed tent partly obscured by tall grass, with trees and laundry at the edge.
Handheld motion softens the view of the tent and surrounding grass.
1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing the canvas tent from a slightly closer angle, with guy ropes, tall grass, trees, and laundry nearby.
The final frame shows the tent structure, ropes, grass, and laundry under bright daylight.

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