Lagos Nigeria-1969: Hyena Pup Nursing From Mother In Grass

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

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Hyena Pup Nursing From Mother In Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, showing a hyena pup nursing from its mother in a grassy savanna. The young hyena, with spotted fur and pointed ears, lies nestled against its mother as it feeds. The mother hyena rests calmly in the tall green grass under daylight conditions. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural grain, and a slightly muted color palette typical of 1960s amateur film. This authentic archival clip captures a tender moment in the wild, offering a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from the late 1960s.

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: 122663727

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: Useful for 1960s wildlife archive requests needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of hyenas in grassland for documentary, museum, education, or editorial cutaway use.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, muted exposure, rounded frame edges, and contact-sheet sampling support a late-1960s amateur wildlife record, with Lagos, Nigeria and 1969 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observer's home-movie feel, holding quietly on a resting mother hyena and pup rather than staging or directing the wildlife moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a spotted hyena lying in tall green grass, a small pup close against the adult, soft daylight, dark frame edges, and handheld film softness.
Film character: The scan shows natural 8mm grain, soft focus, muted green-brown color, slight exposure variation, and gate-edge darkness that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, tender behavior cutaway, transition within an African travel reel, or quiet memory beat in a 1960s nature sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually records wildlife seen through an amateur camera in 1969 Nigeria, but the frames do not identify a specific reserve, neighborhood, or organized expedition.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still assess copyright status and any wildlife-location claims separately from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1969 Nigeria 8mm hyena footage, Lagos home movie wildlife, vintage hyena pup nursing, and 1960s African wildlife film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 clips, then broader 1960s African wildlife, grassland, or animal-care behavior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a spotted hyena lying in green grass while a pup rests close beside it. — A hyena and pup lie low in tall grass, seen through soft 8mm home-movie focus.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria wildlife frame with an adult hyena lying in tall grass as a pup remains partly obscured near its side. — The adult hyena raises its head while the pup stays nestled in the grass.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a hyena and nearby pup resting together in dense green grass. — A quiet view of the hyena pair resting in the grass with the pup close to the adult.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria frame with a small hyena pup partly hidden by tall grass as the adult is no longer clearly visible. — The pup appears partly concealed in the grass as the brief wildlife shot ends.

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