Lagos Nigeria-1969: Hyena Roaming In The African Savannah With Other Wildlife

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

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Hyena Roaming In The African Savannah With Other Wildlife — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a natural wildlife scene in the African savannah. A large marabou stork stands prominently in the grassy foreground, while a jackal runs across the frame. In the background, a hyena is visible on a dirt embankment. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: grainy texture, soft focus, and muted colors typical of 1960s amateur film. The scene is framed by tree branches, suggesting a view from a vehicle or window. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse of African wildlife in its natural habitat during the late 1960s.

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: 122664177

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 African wildlife cutaways from amateur 8mm travel or home-movie material.
Period detail: The 1969 date is supported by metadata, while the visible period clues are mainly the soft 8mm stock, muted color, and amateur framing through dark vertical obstructions.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels unstaged and observational, as if filmed from a vehicle, window, or sheltered viewing point while wildlife moves through grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a marabou stork, a small running canid, a distant hyena-like animal, tall grass, sparse trees, a dirt embankment, and dark foreground framing.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, muted greens and browns, and slight handheld instability typical of amateur travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, location transition, natural-history cutaway, or period travel-memory beat.
Historical context: The footage shows wildlife in a grassy, tree-dotted setting near Lagos according to metadata, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific reserve or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are flagged, but species identification and location claims should be checked separately from copyright or property clearance.
Research search match: Searches might include 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife, Lagos home movie animals, African savannah stork and hyena, or vintage amateur nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Lagos material, then broader African wildlife or vintage travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing a marabou stork in grassy foreground, a small running canid behind it, and a distant animal on an embankment. — A stork stands in tall grass while other wildlife moves through the background.

1969 Lagos wildlife frame with a large marabou stork at right, grass and trees across the middle ground, and a bare dirt slope beyond. — The stork moves along the grassy foreground beneath sparse trees.

Soft 8mm frame from Lagos in 1969 showing a marabou stork standing in grass, with thin trees and a dirt embankment behind it. — A stork pauses in the grass as the camera holds a distant wildlife view.

1969 Lagos 8mm wildlife frame with a marabou stork in the foreground, tall grass around it, and sparse trees against a raised dirt bank. — The final frame holds on the stork in the grassy habitat.

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