Lagos Nigeria-1969: Unknown Animal With Pointed Ears Lying In Tall Wind Blown Grass

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

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Unknown Animal With Pointed Ears Lying In Tall Wind... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a small wild animal with pointed ears lying motionless in tall, wind-blown grass. The grainy, color-bleached image shows the creature partially obscured by the dense vegetation, its alert posture suggesting it is camouflaged in the wild. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, natural lighting, and subtle camera shake—evoking a sense of mystery and nostalgia. This archival clip offers authentic wildlife observation from a bygone era, ideal for historical 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: 122663737

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1960s 8mm wildlife or nature cutaways from Lagos, Nigeria for documentary, museum, education, or memory-based edits.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm-era home-movie texture, tall grass, and no visible built environment, with the 1969 Lagos setting supported by clip metadata rather than frame evidence alone.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the patient, observational feel of a home-movie camera lingering on a partly hidden animal rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall wind-bent grass, a small pointed-eared animal, soft green-brown vegetation, dark frame borders, grain, and slight exposure variation.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm physical-film character through soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, uncertainty beat, nature cutaway, or quiet transition within a larger 1960s Nigeria or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene records a small animal in dense vegetation within a 1969 Lagos home-movie context, without visible landmarks or social activity to support narrower claims.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but animal identification, copyright status, and any location-specific permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Lagos 8mm wildlife footage, unknown small animal in tall grass, Nigerian home movie nature cutaway, and vintage grassland animal shot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Lagos footage, then broader Nigeria wildlife, vegetation, or mystery-animal cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing a small pointed-eared animal partially obscured by tall green-brown grass. — A small animal lies low in tall grass, its ears and face just visible through the vegetation.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame with a small wild animal facing the camera from behind tall wind-blown grass. — The animal remains partly camouflaged as grass fills most of the frame.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing the animal lower in the frame, partly masked by tall grass and soft focus. — The pointed-eared animal is visible near the lower center, surrounded by swaying grass.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame with the small pointed-eared animal lying still amid dense green-brown grass. — The animal stays motionless in the grass, with only its head and part of its body visible.

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