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Lagos Nigeria-1969: A Bushy Field Of Trees With Tall Grass Blowing In The Summer

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLagos, Nigeria
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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A Bushy Field Of Trees With Tall Grass Blowing In The Summer — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969, showing a dense, bushy field of trees and tall grass swaying in the wind. The scene is captured from a moving vehicle, evident from the consistent dark vertical frame borders and slight motion blur. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, muted green and brown tones, and natural daylight, conveying a nostalgic, unfiltered glimpse of Nigerian nature during the late 1960s. The open, wild landscape suggests a rural or semi-wild environment, with no people or structures visible. This authentic archival clip offers a rare, candid view of Nigeria's natural surroundings during a pivotal era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122663895

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Lagos, Nigeria Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • trees
  • bushy
  • summer
  • tall
  • grass
  • field
  • blowing
  • open
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  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 Nigeria footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 nature footage
  • Nigerian landscape 1969
  • archival home movie
  • bushy field
  • tall grass blowing
  • moving vehicle view
  • natural scenery
  • African countryside
  • retro film
  • classic 8mm
  • 1960s Nigeria
  • outdoor nature
  • film grain
  • nostalgic footage
  • historical footage
  • documentary stock
  • editorial use
  • vintage nature clip

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for requests needing 1960s Lagos-area home-movie nature footage as a documentary cutaway, environmental insert, or period atmosphere shot.
Period detail
The frames show open grass, scrub, and trees, with the 8mm format and muted color supporting a late-1960s home-movie reading from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an unstaged roadside or vehicle-window perspective, recording passing vegetation without people, buildings, or arranged action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include tall pale grass, dense shrubs, small trees, dark film-frame borders, soft daylight, and motion blur from a moving camera.
Film character
The footage carries physical 8mm texture through grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, muted green-brown color, and slight jitter across the brief shot.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a quiet exterior insert, location transition, travel-memory beat, or natural landscape cutaway within a 1960s Nigeria sequence.
Historical context
As visual context, it shows a non-urban patch of vegetation associated with Lagos in the supplied metadata, without visible people, vehicles, signage, or landmarks.
Research note
No faces, logos, brands, or private structures are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and location claims should still be verified before use.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1969 Lagos 8mm landscape footage, Nigeria home movie tall grass, West African roadside vegetation, and 1960s archival nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos 1969 material, then broader Nigeria or West African landscape and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing tall grass and dense roadside trees, with dark 8mm frame borders visible.
Tall grass and dense trees fill the frame behind dark film-gate borders.
1969 Lagos 8mm frame of bushy trees and pale grass, softened by vehicle-like motion and film grain.
Bushy trees and pale grass appear slightly blurred as the camera passes.
1969 Lagos home-movie still showing tangled shrubs, trees, and tall grass in a shaded open field.
Tangled shrubs and trees stand among tall grass in the open field.
1969 Lagos 8mm frame with tall grass and brush, softened by motion blur and dark film-edge framing.
Tall grass and brush pass by in a soft, grainy roadside view.

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