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Lagos Nigeria-1969: A Pride Of Lions Resting In Grass With Marabou Stork

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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A Pride Of Lions Resting In Grass With Marabou Stork — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a pride of lions resting in tall green grass near sparse bushes. The grainy, color-bleached film shows several lionesses and cubs lying together in a natural savanna setting, with a large marabou stork appearing in later frames. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics including soft focus, film grain, and dark vignetting, offering a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife from a personal archive.

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
122664070

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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • wild
  • animals
  • birds
  • lions
  • hunting
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  • large
  • sitting
  • grass
  • dead
  • trees
  • watching
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  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 Nigeria wildlife footage
  • vintage 8mm lion pride
  • Super 8 safari film
  • African savanna lions
  • marabou stork 1969
  • retro home movie
  • archival animal footage
  • 1960s wildlife film
  • Nigerian wildlife archive
  • classic 8mm footage
  • lion cubs in grass
  • vintage safari footage
  • old film lions
  • 1969 home movie
  • African wildlife archive
  • nostalgic animal footage
  • 8mm lion family
  • vintage 8mm film
  • marabou stork in grass
  • vintage African footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for requests needing 1960s 8mm wildlife footage from Nigeria for documentary inserts, museum context, education programs, or archival cutaways of lions and savanna birds.
Period detail
The soft 8mm color, rounded vignetting, and handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie look, while the visible setting shows grassland, sparse bushes, lions, and a marabou stork.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the feel of a visitor-shot wildlife observation, holding on resting lions and then shifting attention to a nearby stork rather than staging action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a pride of lions in tall grass, small cubs grouped near lionesses, sparse shrubs, a marabou stork, uneven ground, dark frame edges, and soft handheld focus.
Film character
The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with heavy grain, muted green color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and dark vignetting around the frame.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition between African landscape scenes, or quiet observational beat within a 1960s archive sequence.
Historical context
The frames document a home-movie encounter with African wildlife near Lagos as described by the source metadata, without visible people, signage, landmarks, or dated public events.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, location accuracy, and wildlife-context claims should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match
Researchers may find this clip through searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife footage, Lagos home movie lions, African savanna birds, marabou stork, or vintage lion pride footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 home movies, then broader 1960s African wildlife, lions, grassland, and bird footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a pride of lions, including cubs, lying in tall green grass near scattered shrubs.
A pride of lions rests in grass with cubs clustered close to the adults.
1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a marabou stork standing in grass, with a long bill, pale legs, and dark body.
A marabou stork stands still in the grassy area after the lion shot.
Soft 8mm frame from the Nigeria wildlife footage showing a marabou stork in grass, blurred and partly cropped by the frame edge.
The stork appears in soft focus, partially cut off by the handheld framing.
1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a side view of a marabou stork standing in tall grass with muted color and soft focus.
A side view of the marabou stork closes the brief wildlife sequence.

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