Lagos Nigeria-1969: Antelopes Grazing and Resting in Savanna

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

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Antelopes Grazing and Resting in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a group of antelopes in a sunlit savannah. A prominent dark-coated antelope with long, ringed horns stands alert in the foreground, while others graze or rest in the tall grass. The scene unfolds under a pale blue sky with scattered acacia trees and distant hills, showcasing the natural wildlife of West Africa. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a handheld camera feel, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122664208

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: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage for documentary or educational edits needing a brief savannah antelope cutaway from an amateur travel-film perspective.
Period detail: The frame may show late-1960s home-movie color rendering, with no visible signs, buildings, vehicles, or clothing to independently confirm the date or exact location.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged observer's view, holding on grazing and resting antelopes from a distance as the animals shift in tall grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark-coated antelopes, long ringed horns, tall grass, a pale sky, scattered trees, a low distant ridge, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, a travel-memory cutaway, or a quiet transition into material about African landscapes or animal observation.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for amateur wildlife filming in an open grassy landscape, without visible human activity or identifiable built features.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, source provenance, and location or species identification before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm antelope footage, Nigeria home movie wildlife, African savannah animals, vintage travel film, and grazing antelopes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring reel footage, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savannah travel clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria home-movie frame showing antelopes in tall grass, including a dark horned animal standing alert near the foreground. — Antelopes stand and graze in tall grass under a pale sky.

A horned antelope pauses in profile as another grazes in the background.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria home-movie frame showing a resting antelope in grass and a standing horned antelope beside a soft distant tree line. — A resting antelope sits in the grass while a horned animal stands nearby.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame with a resting antelope in the grass and a dark horned antelope partly turned away at right. — The final frame holds on a resting antelope and a standing horned animal in the grass.

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