Lagos Nigeria-1969: Female Lions and Cubs Relaxing in Savanna Pride

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

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Female Lions and Cubs Relaxing in Savanna Pride — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, showing a pride of lionesses and cubs resting in a grassy savanna. The grainy, slightly blurred image captures several light-tan lionesses lying and sitting alertly in the tall green grass, with a small cub standing apart. The scene is framed by dark foliage and bare branches, with natural daylight illuminating the wildlife. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife, preserved in classic 8mm film with visible grain and soft focus.

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: 122663822

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: Supports requests for 1960s African wildlife home-movie footage for documentary inserts, education programs, or archive-led natural history sequences.
Period detail: The visible 8mm texture, soft focus, and metadata-supported 1969 Lagos setting place the scene within late-1960s amateur wildlife filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or visitor filming quietly from a distance as lionesses and cubs rest in tall grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include resting lionesses, small cubs, tall green grass, bare branches, dense dark foliage, soft daylight, and frame-edge film borders.
Film character: The footage carries a scanned 8mm look with visible grain, mild blur, subdued color, and contact-sheet frame edges that preserve its physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into broader African animal or safari material.
Historical context: The scene visually documents captive or wild lion behavior as recorded by an amateur camera, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact reserve or setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but wildlife location, copyright status, and any venue permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion pride, vintage African wildlife home movie, lionesses with cubs in grass, and Super 8 safari footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other Lagos 1969 wildlife material, then broader 1960s African animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing lionesses and cubs resting in tall green grass with shrubs and bare branches behind them. — Lionesses rest with cubs in grass at the edge of dense foliage.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame of several lionesses and cubs in tall grass, including a small cub standing to the right. — A small cub stands apart while lionesses rest in the grass.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing lionesses lying and sitting alertly in grass while cubs remain close by. — Lionesses sit and lie in grass with cubs near the brush line.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame of lionesses and cubs resting in tall grass, with a small cub standing at the right edge of the group. — A lion pride remains mostly still as one cub stands at the side.

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