Lagos Nigeria-1969: A Marabou Stork Standing In A Field Looking Around And Resting

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

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A Marabou Stork Standing In A Field Looking Around And... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a large marabou stork standing in a grassy field. The bird, with its distinctive black-and-white plumage and long beak, remains mostly still, occasionally turning its head and opening its beak. The scene is framed by dark vertical edges, suggesting viewing through a window or vehicle. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and muted colors typical of 8mm archival footage, evoking a nostalgic, documentary-style moment of wildlife observation.

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: 122664154

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: Supports 1960s editorial or documentary requests for archival wildlife footage from Lagos, Nigeria, showing a large bird observed in a grassy field.
Period detail: The muted color, 8mm frame texture, and home-movie framing support the supplied 1969 context, while the field itself has few date-specific visual markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet feel of a private traveler or resident filming wildlife from behind a dark foreground edge, with attention held on the bird rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a marabou stork, tall grass, darker tree trunks or posts, soft background vegetation, black frame edges, and a partially open beak in the final frame.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, muted color, slight softness, and minor motion blur that give the wildlife observation a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, observational insert, transition beat, or quiet pause within a Nigeria travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: As supported by the metadata, the clip places a marabou stork in a grassy Lagos setting in 1969 without showing people, buildings, or identifiable civic landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property markers are visible, but copyright, location context, and species identification should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Lagos wildlife 8mm, Nigeria marabou stork home movie, African bird in grass field, and vintage nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1969 Lagos material, then with Nigeria wildlife, birds, fields, or quiet nature cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos home-movie frame of a marabou stork standing in a grassy field, partly framed by dark vertical edges. — A marabou stork stands still in grass, seen through dark vertical foreground edges.

1969 Lagos archival frame showing the stork still upright in grass, with soft vegetation behind it and dark side framing. — The stork remains upright in the field, with its long beak angled downward.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame of the marabou stork turned slightly, standing among grass with a dark foreground post or edge nearby. — The bird turns slightly while standing in the grassy field.

1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing the marabou stork with its beak open in grass, near a slender dark trunk or post. — The stork opens its beak while standing near a narrow dark trunk in the field.

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