Lagos Nigeria-1969: Lion Pride Resting in Savanna Grass

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

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Lion Pride Resting in Savanna Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a pride of lions resting in tall grass near dense bushes. The grainy, color-bleached film shows adult lions and cubs lying together in a natural savanna setting, with one lioness sitting upright and alert. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—soft focus, film grain, and a slightly faded color palette—evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene is shot from a distance, likely from a vehicle, with dark frame borders visible, suggesting a personal safari recording.

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: 122663800

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 Nigerian 8mm wildlife footage for documentary inserts about safari travel, African fauna, or archival family travel records.
Period detail: The visible faded color, soft focus, and rounded frame edges support a late-1960s home-movie look, with the 1969 Lagos setting supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot safari perspective, filmed from a distance as lions rest and look around in tall grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult lions, a cub, tall savanna grass, dense green bushes, bare branches, dark frame borders, and soft daylight.
Film character: The footage shows grainy 8mm texture, mild blur, faded color, uneven exposure, and dark gate edges that signal an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition between broader African landscape or safari sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually documents lions at rest in a grassy habitat, without enough visible evidence to identify whether the setting is wild reserve, park, or zoo.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, archive ownership, location permissions, and animal-setting identification should still be checked.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm lions, Lagos home movie wildlife, vintage safari lions in grass, and Super 8 African animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 clips, then related 1960s wildlife, safari, or animal-resting footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing tall grass and low bushes, with no lions clearly visible in this opening view. — Tall grass and brush fill the frame before the lions appear clearly.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame with adult lions and a cub resting in tall grass beside dense green bushes. — A small pride rests together in tall grass near the edge of thick vegetation.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing lions resting in tall grass, one partly cropped at the left edge and bushes behind them. — The pride remains low in the grass as the camera frames them from a distance.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame with one lioness sitting upright and other lions resting in tall grass near brush. — One lioness sits alert while the rest of the pride stays lower in the grass.

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