Lagos Nigeria-1969: Lion Cubs Playing with Mother in Savanna

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

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Lion Cubs Playing with Mother in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a tender moment of lion cubs in the wild. The grainy, color-bleached film shows several young lion cubs interacting with their mother in a lush green savannah environment. The cubs, with their light golden fur, are seen playfully nuzzling, walking, and exploring their surroundings, while the adult lioness stands nearby. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including natural camera shake and soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from the late 1960s.

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: 122664022

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: Useful for 1960s wildlife archive requests needing brief 8mm home-movie material of lion cubs and an adult lioness for documentary or educational sequences.
Period detail: The soft color, visible grain, handheld framing, and 8mm source support a late-1960s home-movie reading, while the exact setting beyond Lagos, Nigeria comes from clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observational visitor-shot quality, staying close on cubs moving around an adult lioness without staged action or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several lion cubs, an adult lioness, tall green grass, brushy vegetation, soft-focus movement, and dark contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The clip shows grain, muted color, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld instability typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, family-behavior insert, travel-memory beat, or transition within broader African wildlife or home-movie material.
Historical context: The frames document close-range amateur filming of lions in a green natural setting, offering visual context for wildlife observation recorded on personal film in 1969.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and wildlife setting claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion cubs, Lagos wildlife home movie, vintage African lion family footage, and Super 8 lioness cubs.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 footage, then related vintage 8mm African wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lion cub facing the camera beside an adult lioness in dense green vegetation. — A lion cub stands near an adult lioness in brushy grass.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lion cub moving through grass beside an adult lioness, with the lioness tail crossing the view. — A cub moves through vegetation close to an adult lioness.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lion cub close to an adult lioness, partly obscured by grass and soft handheld focus. — A cub nuzzles or moves close beside the adult lioness.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing two lion cubs near the legs of an adult lioness in green brush, one cub facing the camera. — Two cubs cluster near the adult lioness in tall grass.

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