Lagos Nigeria-1969: Man Walks to Tent Tarps in Grass Field

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationLagos, Nigeria
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Man Walks to Tent Tarps in Grass Field — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored short-sleeve shirt and white pants walks through a grassy field in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969. He approaches two makeshift shelters covered with blue tarps, supported by metal poles, set against a backdrop of dense green trees under a bright blue sky. The man turns to face the camera, revealing a smile, before continuing on his way. The footage, captured on vintage 8mm film, shows natural color shifts and film grain, characteristic of home movie recordings from the late 1960s. The scene evokes a sense of everyday life and outdoor activity in a tropical setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122663622

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Lagos, 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

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: Useful for 1960s Lagos home-movie requests needing a brief outdoor human moment with makeshift field shelters for documentary or educational context.
Period detail: The light clothing, 8mm color stock, and simple blue tarpaulin shelters may show late-1960s outdoor conditions consistent with the supplied Lagos, Nigeria metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged walk across grass, including the man briefly turning and smiling toward the camera before continuing away.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a short-sleeve shirt and white trousers, tall grass, blue tarp panels, metal support poles, dense trees, and a bright sky.
Film character: The clip carries a home-movie 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, color shift toward blue and green, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, field insert, travel-memory beat, or transition within a sequence about outdoor life in Lagos.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for a grassy outdoor setting with temporary tarp structures, without identifying a specific site or event.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and archive license checks.
Research search match: Search matches include 1969 Lagos 8mm home movie, Nigeria man walking in grass field, blue tarp shelters, and outdoor family travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Lagos 1969 outdoor scenes, then broader 1960s Nigeria home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1969 Lagos footage, a man in light clothing walks across grass toward blue tarp shelters near dense trees. — Man walking through a grassy field toward blue tarp structures.

The man turns back toward the camera in a Lagos grass field, with blue tarps, metal supports, trees, and sky behind him. — Man glancing toward the camera near the tarp-covered shelters.

A smiling man stands facing the camera in the supplied Lagos 1969 scene, framed by tall grass and blue tarp panels. — Man facing the camera in front of the blue tarp shelters.

The man continues away across the Lagos grass field toward blue tarp shelters, with trees and bright sky in the background. — Man walking away toward the tarp structures at the end of the shot.

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