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Lagos Nigeria-1969: Strong Orange Brown Lion Freely Walking Through Tall Grass

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLagos, Nigeria
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Strong Orange Brown Lion Freely Walking Through Tall Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a majestic male lion with a thick, tawny mane walking through tall green grass in a natural savanna setting. The lion moves steadily through the grass, its powerful form and regal presence evident in the grainy, nostalgic film quality. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, with the lion occasionally turning its head, offering profile views of its face and mane. The warm, slightly faded color palette and film grain enhance the authentic, archival feel of this rare wildlife moment from the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122663992

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing brief 8mm wildlife footage of a male lion moving through grass in Nigeria.
Period detail
The visible period evidence comes mainly from the soft 8mm color, grain, handheld framing, and metadata placing the footage in Lagos, Nigeria in 1969.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has a visitor-shot feel, with handheld tracking from a cautious distance as the lion moves through tall grass.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a male lion, tawny mane, tall green grass, soft daylight, handheld framing, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character
The footage carries faded color, visible grain, slight blur, and uneven handheld exposure typical of scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role
Editors could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or brief transition within a 1960s Nigeria or African fauna sequence.
Historical context
The clip visually documents a lion seen in grassy surroundings, but the frames do not confirm whether the setting is wild, managed, or filmed from a vehicle.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or animal-context claims separately.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion footage, vintage home movie male lion in grass, and Lagos Nigeria wildlife archive.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent same-reel animal or travel scenes, then Lagos or Nigeria 1969 footage, then broader vintage African wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a male lion moving through tall green grass with a tawny mane and soft film blur.
Male lion walks through tall grass in soft 8mm footage.
1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame with a male lion in right-facing profile moving through tall grass.
Profile view of the lion as it walks through grass.
1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing the lion partly obscured by grass, with its mane and body blurred by motion.
The lion passes close to the camera, partly obscured by grass.
1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame with a close side view of the male lion's head, mane, and shoulder in tall grass.
Close side view of the lion's head and mane.

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