Lagos Nigeria-1969: Two Hyenas Feeding on Carcass

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

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Two Hyenas Feeding on Carcass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures two spotted hyenas foraging in a grassy savanna. The grainy, color-bleached film shows one hyena actively eating a carcass while the other approaches and then turns to look directly at the camera. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with soft focus, natural lighting, and a nostalgic, archival quality. This raw wildlife scene offers authentic African wildlife footage from the late 1960s, perfect for historical documentaries or nature-themed projects.

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: 122663708

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 Lagos-area wildlife home-movie footage suited to requests for African animal behavior, scavenging, or archival nature cutaways from the late 1960s.
Period detail: The frames show soft color 8mm wildlife footage with no visible landmarks, clothing, vehicles, or signage to independently verify Lagos beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observer's home-movie viewpoint, holding on hyenas in grass as one feeds and another briefly faces the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include spotted hyenas, tall green grass, a small pale carcass or food remnant, soft natural light, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, soft focus, muted color, slight blur, and uneven exposure at the frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, scavenger-behavior cutaway, or observational transition within a broader Nigeria or African nature sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents animals in a grassy setting without visible human presence, built environment, or identifiable public event in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any location or animal-use context should still be reviewed before licensing.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1969 Nigeria 8mm hyenas, Lagos wildlife home movie, spotted hyena feeding in grass, and vintage African animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria footage from 1969, then broader 1960s wildlife and animal-behavior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos metadata frame showing a spotted hyena bent toward a pale food remnant in tall green grass. — A hyena feeds with its head down in a grassy setting.

Two spotted hyenas appear in tall grass, with one bent toward a small pale carcass or food remnant. — Two hyenas gather in grass while one continues feeding.

A spotted hyena remains bent over in grass, feeding near a small pale remnant in the 8mm frame. — The hyena stays focused on the food remnant in the grass.

A spotted hyena stands beside a small pale remnant in grass and turns its face toward the camera. — A hyena pauses beside the food remnant and looks toward the camera.

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