Lagos Nigeria-1969: Spotted Hyena Standing In Grassy Field

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

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Spotted Hyena Standing In Grassy Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a spotted hyena standing alert in a grassy savanna. The animal, with its distinctive mottled coat and rounded ears, faces the camera before turning slightly, its dark eyes and snout clearly visible. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of amateur Super 8 film from the late 1960s. The natural setting and unposed behavior suggest a candid wildlife observation, offering authentic archival footage of African fauna.

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: 122663696

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: 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 editorial requests needing brief Nigerian wildlife or zoo-animal cutaways from amateur 8mm footage.
Period detail: The soft color, visible grain, and rounded 8mm frame edges support a late-1960s home-movie look, though no visible landmarks confirm Lagos within the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer feel, with the hyena pausing in grass and shifting attention toward the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a spotted hyena, tall green grass, dark film-frame edges, soft background vegetation, mottled fur, rounded ears, and a handheld viewpoint.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, muted color, slight exposure falloff, and contact-sheet frame edges that add useful archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, location cutaway, transition beat, or brief observational detail within a Nigeria or African fauna sequence.
Historical context: The frames visually document a hyena in a grassy setting, but they do not confirm whether the animal is wild, captive, or filmed in a managed park.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still clear copyright and verify animal setting, location claims, and intended use context.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm hyena footage, vintage African wildlife home movie, spotted hyena in grass, and Lagos archival animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or 1969 Nigeria material, then broader vintage African wildlife or zoo-animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos metadata frame showing a spotted hyena standing alert in green grass, with soft 8mm focus and dark frame edges. — A spotted hyena stands in grass and looks toward the camera.

Spotted hyena in a grassy setting, filmed in soft color on 8mm, with the animal standing alert and angled toward camera. — The hyena remains alert in the grass, its spotted coat and rounded ears visible.

A softer frame shows the hyena in profile within the grassy field.

Spotted hyena appears farther from the camera in tall grass, with 8mm grain and muted green field tones. — The hyena stands farther back in the grass while facing the camera.

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