Lagos Nigeria-1969: Marabou Stork and Baboon in Savanna

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

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Marabou Stork and Baboon in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a naturalistic scene of wildlife in a grassy savanna. A large marabou stork with a distinctive long beak and black-and-white plumage walks through the frame, while a baboon forages in the background. The footage, shot through a vehicle window, shows the animals in their natural habitat with a soft, grainy quality typical of Super 8 film. The scene conveys a sense of quiet observation and archival authenticity, with the stork and monkey coexisting in a lush, green environment under natural daylight.

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: 122664091

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 West Africa wildlife requests needing a brief 8mm home-movie cutaway of animals observed in a grassy setting near Lagos.
Period detail: The 1969 date and 8mm texture are supported by metadata, while the visible scene mainly shows wildlife, grass, trees, and a filmed-from-vehicle viewpoint.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient, unstaged feel of a traveler or resident filming animals from behind a window rather than arranging a formal wildlife sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a marabou stork, a baboon, grassy ground, low trees, an earthen mound, dark window dividers, and soft daylight.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm look with visible grain, mild blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that reinforces its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or quiet transition within a sequence about Nigeria, animals, or amateur 1960s filming.
Historical context: The frames show wildlife viewed in a green open area near Lagos, but they do not by themselves establish a named reserve, landmark, or specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright clearance is separate from any location or property review tied to the source reel.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Lagos 8mm wildlife, Nigerian home movie animals, marabou stork baboon footage, and 1960s West Africa nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos 1969 footage, then related 1960s African wildlife or home-movie travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing a marabou stork in grass with a baboon in the background, viewed through a dark window edge. — Marabou stork pauses in the grass as a baboon moves behind it.

1969 Lagos home-movie frame of a marabou stork walking in a grassy area while a baboon remains in the background. — The stork walks across the grassy foreground with a baboon behind it.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing a stork below a low earthen rise, with baboons visible on and beside the mound. — A stork stands near the lower frame as baboons move around the earthen rise.

1969 Lagos home-movie frame with baboons on a low mound, trees behind them, and a marabou stork partly visible near the bottom edge. — Baboons occupy the mound while the stork remains partly visible at the bottom of frame.

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