Lagos Nigeria-1969: Marabou Stork Standing in Grassy Enclosure

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

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Marabou Stork Standing in Grassy Enclosure — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a large marabou stork standing in a grassy enclosure. The bird, with its distinctive bald pink head, long beak, and black-and-white plumage, stands alert with its beak open. The scene is framed by dark borders, showing the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm film. The setting appears to be a zoo or wildlife park, with a dirt embankment and sparse vegetation in the background. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife from a bygone era.

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: 122664159

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 documentary or educational edits needing brief archival wildlife footage from Lagos, Nigeria, especially an insert of a marabou stork in a managed grassy setting.
Period detail: The rounded frame edges, visible film grain, muted color, and handheld contact-sheet framing support the 1969 8mm home-movie context stated in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming a zoo or wildlife-park enclosure, holding on the stork as it stands alert with its beak open.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a marabou stork, tall grass, dark tree trunks, a dirt embankment, sparse background vegetation, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm texture, mild blur, uneven exposure, saturated greens, and dark frame edges that place the bird within a physical home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, location texture, transitional insert, or quiet observational beat within a Lagos or Nigeria travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests public wildlife viewing or a managed enclosure in Lagos, without enough frame detail to identify the exact facility or ownership.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or property permissions for their project.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 Lagos wildlife footage, Nigeria 8mm zoo bird, marabou stork home movie, and African wildlife enclosure archive clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Lagos 1969 material, then broader Nigeria travel or archival wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing a marabou stork standing in a grassy enclosure, with dark tree trunks and a dirt embankment behind it. — A marabou stork stands alert in tall grass, framed by dark 8mm film borders.

The stork remains in profile against grass and a low dirt embankment.

1969 Lagos 8mm footage shows the marabou stork slightly blurred as it stands among grass, with a tree trunk and embankment visible behind it. — A softer frame catches the stork standing near a dark tree trunk in the enclosure.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame of a marabou stork standing in a grassy enclosure, its body angled right and beak open against a muted green background. — The final frame holds on the stork angled through the grass with its beak open.

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