Lagos Nigeria-1969: Female Lions Laying And Basking In A Field Of Grass

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

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Female Lions Laying And Basking In A Field Of Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a lioness and her cubs in a grassy savanna. The lioness sits alertly while several cubs rest and play nearby in the tall green grass, surrounded by sparse shrubs. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, conveying a candid moment of wildlife in the wild. The camera remains mostly static, offering an intimate, observational view of the pride. This authentic home movie style clip provides rare archival footage of 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: 122664031

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing late-1960s 8mm wildlife footage from Nigeria showing lions resting in grassland.
Period detail: The 1969 date and Lagos, Nigeria location are supported by metadata, while the visible period clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft focus, and home-movie framing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the lioness and cubs from a fixed, visitor-like distance, preserving an unstaged wildlife moment rather than a composed nature-film setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lioness, several cubs, tall green grass, low shrubs, dark frame edges, soft focus, and the contact-sheet divisions between sampled frames.
Film character: The footage carries an 8mm home-movie texture with muted color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and dark gate edges around the frame.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, African travel cutaway, or quiet observational beat within a period home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for amateur wildlife filming in Nigeria in 1969 without establishing a specific park, reserve, or expedition beyond the supplied location metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but wildlife location details and copyright licensing should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion footage, Lagos wildlife home movie, African lioness with cubs, vintage savanna animals, and archival Super 8 nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Lagos or Nigeria material from 1969, and then broader vintage African wildlife or travel-home-movie sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a close, soft-focus cluster of lions and cubs in tall green grass. — A close, soft-focus view of lions gathered in grass, with a cub looking toward the camera.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of a lioness sitting alertly with cubs nearby in a grassy area with sparse shrubs. — A seated lioness watches from the grass as cubs cluster around her.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lioness on a small rise with several cubs in dense green grass. — The lioness remains seated while cubs rest and stand around her in the grass.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of a lioness and cubs resting together in tall grass beside sparse brush. — The pride rests together in the grass, partly obscured by vegetation and soft focus.

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