Lagos Nigeria-1969: Two Spotted Hyenas in Grassland, One Scratching Ear

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

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Two Spotted Hyenas in Grassland, One Scratching Ear — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, showing two spotted hyenas in a green grassland. One hyena stands alert, looking toward the camera, while the other scratches its ear with its hind foot. The grainy, slightly faded color and soft focus capture the authentic look of classic 8mm film. The natural setting and candid animal behavior offer a rare glimpse of African wildlife from the late 1960s, ideal for historical documentaries, wildlife projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 122663711

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: Supports archive requests for late-1960s 8mm wildlife material from Nigeria for documentary inserts, education programs, or contextual cutaways.
Period detail: The period is supported by the 1969 metadata, while the visible clues are mainly the soft color, grain, and handheld home-movie framing of grassland animals.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, observing spotted hyenas at a distance as one looks toward the camera and another scratches its ear.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two spotted hyenas, tall green grass, a small pale object on the ground, soft focus, dark frame edges, and 8mm contact-sheet framing.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with visible grain, muted color, gentle blur, and slight exposure unevenness across the frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, a travel-reel insert, or a quiet observational beat within African nature or home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually documents animal behavior in a green grassland setting near Lagos as described by the metadata, without showing people, buildings, or landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and wildlife-location claims before publication.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife footage, Lagos home movie hyenas, spotted hyena grassland archive, and African wildlife Super 8.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, then broader African wildlife or vintage home-movie animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a spotted hyena standing alert in green grass with another partly visible behind it. — A spotted hyena stands alert in tall grass, with a second hyena partly obscured behind it.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame with a spotted hyena standing in green grass and looking toward the camera. — The hyena stands in profile with its head turned toward the camera in the grassland.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing spotted hyenas in green grass, with one lowering its head near a pale object. — One hyena bends down in the grass while the other remains close by, partly hidden by the soft focus.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of a spotted hyena bending in green grass near a small pale object on the ground. — A hyena bends toward the grass near a small pale object, seen through grainy 8mm framing.

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