Lagos Nigeria-1969: Animal Resting in Tall Grass

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

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Animal Resting in Tall Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, showing a small wild animal, likely a fox or jackal, resting in tall grass. The animal is partially hidden by the dense vegetation, its fur blending with the natural tones of the grass. The scene is captured with characteristic film grain, slight motion blur, and soft focus typical of 8mm home movies. The camera remains stationary, observing the animal as it remains still, possibly alert or resting. The natural lighting suggests late afternoon or dusk, with muted greens and browns dominating the color palette. This authentic archival footage offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in a natural setting, preserved in classic analog film.

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: 122663760

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: 1960s Lagos home-movie wildlife footage for productions needing a brief natural cutaway of a small animal resting in dense grass.
Period detail: The frames offer few era-specific clues beyond the 8mm color stock, soft focus, and 1969 Lagos metadata supplied with the clip.
Home-movie behavior: The stationary framing has the feel of a visitor pausing to observe an animal partly hidden in grass rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small alert animal, tall grass, muted green and brown vegetation, soft natural light, film grain, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, muted color, and uneven exposure across the contact frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, quiet transition, nature cutaway, or brief observational beat within a travel or memory sequence.
Historical context: The clip may show everyday wildlife encountered near Lagos in 1969, but the frames do not identify a precise species or setting beyond tall grass.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though species identification and copyright status should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Lagos 8mm wildlife, Nigeria home movie animal in grass, vintage nature cutaway, and small animal resting in tall grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1969 Lagos clips, then broader Nigeria wildlife or 1960s home-movie nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing a small animal resting or watching from dense grass, with muted color and soft focus. — A small animal is barely visible among tall grass.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame with a small wild animal partly obscured by grass, its head and ears visible in soft light. — The animal remains still while grass surrounds its body.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing the animal lower in the grass, with its ears and face faintly visible through vegetation. — The animal stays low and partly concealed in the grass.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame with the small animal still in tall grass, its body blending into the muted green-brown vegetation. — A final frame holds on the animal camouflaged in tall grass.

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