Lagos Nigeria-1969: Encountering A Wild Jackal On Our Hike Through The Woods

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

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Encountering A Wild Jackal On Our Hike Through The Woods — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a wild jackal standing alert in a grassy savanna clearing. The animal, with its distinctive gray and tan coat and pointed ears, is seen observing its surroundings before moving through the tall green grass. The scene is framed by sparse trees and a dirt embankment, with a large bird briefly appearing in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife from a personal perspective.

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: 122664172

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 archival requests needing brief Lagos-area wildlife or African savanna cutaways from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, handheld framing and dated metadata support a 1969 home-movie context, though no visible landmarks or human-made features identify the place on screen.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer quality, with the camera holding on a wild canid as it pauses and moves through tall grass during an outdoor hike.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a jackal-like canid, tall green grass, sparse tree trunks, a dirt embankment, soft shadows and a large bird in one later frame.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, muted color and slight handheld instability that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway or quiet transition within a sequence about outdoor exploration in Nigeria.
Historical context: The frames show a small wild canid in a grassy wooded clearing, offering visual context for personal travel filming rather than documented public events.
Research note: No people, logos or private property are visible, but species identification, location attribution and underlying copyright should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Lagos Nigeria 8mm wildlife, home movie jackal in grass, African savanna animal cutaway and vintage travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or 1969 Nigeria footage, then broader 1960s wildlife or hiking home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos-area 8mm frame showing a jackal-like wild canid standing alert in green grass near sparse trees. — A small wild canid pauses in a grassy clearing framed by tree trunks.

The animal stands in profile, alert against the green grass and brown slope.

1969 Lagos-area 8mm frame showing the canid partly obscured as it lowers its head in grass near a tree trunk. — The canid dips into the grass, partly hidden by vegetation and a foreground tree.

1969 Lagos-area 8mm frame showing a large bird in the foreground while the canid is faintly visible in the grass beyond. — A large bird appears in the clearing as the wild canid remains partly visible nearby.

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