Lagos Nigeria-1969: Hyena Walking Through A Field Of Grass Toward Another Hyena

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

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Hyena Walking Through A Field Of Grass Toward Another Hyena — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a spotted hyena walking through a grassy savanna field. The animal moves steadily toward the camera, its distinctive mottled coat and pointed ears clearly visible against the green grass. The grainy, slightly blurry image with soft focus and natural lighting reflects authentic 1960s amateur film quality. The clip shows the hyena approaching another hyena partially visible in the foreground, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife behavior in a natural setting. This archival footage provides a nostalgic, authentic look at African wildlife from a bygone era.

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: 122663701

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$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 African wildlife or travel-film sequences needing brief archival 8mm footage of spotted hyenas in grassland near Lagos, Nigeria.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, grain, and handheld framing support the 1969 home-movie context, while the visible scene itself is a grassy wildlife setting without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor filming opportunistically from a fixed vantage as a hyena moves through tall grass toward another animal nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include spotted hyenas, tall green grass, soft natural light, dark frame edges, handheld composition, and a partial foreground animal.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, soft focus, slight blur, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transitional beat in a sequence about African animals or archival tourism.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a 1969 home-movie encounter with hyenas in a grassy setting near Lagos, without showing people, buildings, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and wildlife-location context should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Searchers may match this to 1969 Lagos 8mm hyena footage, vintage Nigeria wildlife home movie, spotted hyena walking in grass, or African animal archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 travel footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife or grassland animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a spotted hyena moving through green grass in soft focus. — A spotted hyena crosses tall grass in a soft, grainy 8mm frame.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of a hyena facing the camera in grass, with another animal partly visible below. — The hyena faces forward in the grass as another animal is partly visible at the lower edge.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a hyena approaching through grass toward a partly seen foreground hyena. — A hyena approaches through the grass toward another partially visible animal.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of a spotted hyena in tall grass near another partly visible hyena in the foreground. — The hyena remains centered in the grass, with another hyena partly visible at the bottom of frame.

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