Lagos Nigeria-1969: Male Lion Walks Through Tall Grass in Savanna

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

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Male Lion Walks Through Tall Grass in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a majestic male lion in profile, walking through tall green grass in a natural savanna setting. The lion's thick golden mane and powerful build are visible as it moves steadily through the grassy plains, with other lions briefly appearing in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—grainy texture, soft focus, and warm color tones—creating an authentic, nostalgic look of mid-20th century wildlife documentation. The camera follows the lion's movement, offering a rare glimpse of wild lions in their natural habitat during a safari-style expedition.

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: 122664000

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 safari-style material from Nigeria for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The visible period clue is the soft, grainy 8mm home-movie look, with the 1969 Lagos setting supported by clip metadata rather than by identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing and soft focus suggest an unstaged visitor or traveler recording lions at close range through grass.
What appears in frame: A male lion appears in profile amid tall green grass, with mane detail, soft vegetation, dark contact-sheet borders, and occasional nearby lion forms.
Film character: Grain, muted color, slight blur, and handheld following give the scanned 8mm footage its physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, safari cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a broader travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents lion footage associated with Lagos, Nigeria in 1969, without confirming a specific park, reserve, or expedition.
Research note: No people, logos, private property, or music are flagged, but copyright status and any location or wildlife-use restrictions still require review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s Nigeria 8mm lion footage, Lagos wildlife home movie, vintage safari lion in grass, and archival African wildlife film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Lagos 1969 clips, then broader 1960s wildlife, safari, or animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A male lion passes through grass in a soft, handheld 8mm frame.

Male lion in tall vegetation, framed from the side in 1969 Lagos 8mm wildlife footage. — The lion’s mane and side profile remain visible as it moves through grass.

Close, soft-focus 8mm view of a male lion’s head and mane amid grass in the Lagos 1969 clip. — A closer frame shows the lion’s head and mane partly screened by grass.

Soft 8mm close side view of a male lion’s mane and face, with grass and another pale lion form nearby. — The clip ends on a close side view of the lion’s face and mane.

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