Lagos Nigeria-1969: Handsome Male Lion Sitting Under A Tree Looking At The Land

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

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Handsome Male Lion Sitting Under A Tree Looking At The Land — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a majestic male lion sitting alertly in a grassy savanna, surrounded by dense bush and scattered trees. The lion, with a full golden mane, gazes intently to the right, while other lions rest in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky, handheld perspective, suggesting a safari or wildlife expedition. The scene evokes a sense of raw, unfiltered African wilderness 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: 122663806

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 editorial or documentary sequences needing visitor-shot 8mm wildlife footage of a male lion in bush habitat near Lagos, Nigeria.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s safari or wildlife-park viewing, with no visible signage, vehicles, buildings, or landmarks to confirm the exact setting beyond supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing and repeated view of the seated lion suggest a traveler or visitor filming a quiet wildlife observation rather than staged animal footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated male lion, partial lions resting nearby, tall grass, dense shrubs, low trees, branches, and soft natural daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld instability that place the scene firmly in home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transitional beat within a broader 1960s Nigeria or safari-reel sequence.
Historical context: The scene records a period home-movie view of large African cats in a grassy, wooded setting, but the frames do not identify a reserve, park, or specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still verify copyright status and any location or animal-facility restrictions before publication.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm lion footage, Lagos Nigeria wildlife home movie, male lion in bush, vintage safari animals, and 1960s African wildlife clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1969 Lagos or Nigeria material, and finally with broader vintage wildlife or safari home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a male lion seated in green bush while other lions rest partly out of view. — A male lion sits alert in grass and scrub, filmed from a soft handheld 8mm viewpoint.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame with a maned lion sitting among grass and brush, looking to the right. — The lion remains seated in the grass, framed by shrubs and pale tree branches.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a seated male lion amid thick vegetation and nearby resting lions. — A handheld frame catches the lion seated low in the grass with other lions partly obscured.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of a male lion seated in dense green bush under low tree branches. — The closing frame holds on the lion in grass and scrub, with the background softly blurred.

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