Lagos Nigeria-1969: Lion Cubs Resting in Tall Grass

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

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Lion Cubs Resting in Tall Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a pride of lion cubs resting in tall green grass on a clear day. The grainy, color-bleached film shows a group of young lion cubs with light tan fur, some lying while others sit alertly in a natural savanna setting with scattered shrubs. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including soft focus, slight camera shake, and natural color degradation, offering authentic archival wildlife footage from the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122663968

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 late-1960s 8mm wildlife or zoo-park-style animal footage for documentary inserts, education programs, or archival nature sequences.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and handheld framing support the 1969 home-movie dating, while the frames themselves show no identifiable Lagos landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming animals at a distance, holding briefly on cubs resting in grass rather than staging a wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lion cubs in tall green grass, a darker adult lion shape in one frame, low shrubs, uneven brush, soft focus, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage carries a faded color palette, visible grain, mild blur, and handheld instability typical of small-gauge home-movie film from the period.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, transition into animal footage, or period-texture insert for a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides a quiet visual record of big cats seen through a 1969 home-movie lens, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact facility or habitat.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status, filming permission, and animal-location identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 8mm lion cubs, vintage Nigeria wildlife footage, home movie big cats in grass, and archival lion pride resting.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, then broader vintage wildlife or animal-resting footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm frame from Lagos metadata showing a blurred adult lion from behind in tall grass, with heavy contact-sheet borders. — A lion is filmed from behind as it moves or stands in tall grass.

1969 8mm frame from Lagos metadata showing several lion cubs resting together in tall grass beside low shrubs. — Several lion cubs sit and lie close together in the grass.

1969 8mm frame from Lagos metadata showing a small pride of lion cubs resting in grass with scrub vegetation behind. — Lion cubs rest in a loose group among grass and scrub.

1969 8mm frame from Lagos metadata showing lion cubs clustered in tall grass, with several looking toward the camera. — A cluster of cubs remains in the grass, with a few facing the camera.

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