Lagos Nigeria-1969: Waterbuck Standing In Savanna Grassland

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

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Waterbuck Standing In Savanna Grassland — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a waterbuck standing alert in a sunlit grassy savanna. The dark brown antelope, distinguished by its sharp, ringed horns and prominent white rump patch, faces the camera with a calm, watchful gaze. The scene unfolds under a bright, partly cloudy sky, with the natural landscape stretching into the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: warm color tones, slight grain, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic wildlife moment offers a rare glimpse of African fauna in a natural setting, preserved in historic home movie format.

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: 122664275

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 inserts, museum interpretation, or educational edits needing an archival view of a waterbuck in Nigerian grassland.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and contact-print framing support a late-1960s home-movie reading, with Lagos, Nigeria and 1969 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a simple observational view as the antelope stands alert, giving the clip the unstaged feel of a traveler or family filming wildlife at a distance.
What appears in frame: A horned waterbuck, tall savanna grass, a pale cloudy sky, distant scrub, white rump markings, and dark film-frame borders are visible.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, gentle color shift, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and a steady but home-movie camera hold.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief wildlife cutaway, natural-history insert, travel-memory beat, or transition within a 1960s West Africa sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for filmed encounters with African wildlife near the stated Lagos, Nigeria location, without identifying a specific reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any location or species identification needs for their use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife, Lagos home movie waterbuck, vintage African savanna antelope, and archival grassland animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 clips, then related 1960s African wildlife or savanna scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a waterbuck standing alert in savanna grass with distant scrub behind it. — A waterbuck stands broadside in tall grass, facing the camera with curved horns raised against the sky.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria home-movie frame of a horned waterbuck standing in grassland, with soft focus and visible film borders. — The antelope remains still in the grassland, its horns and facial markings visible in the soft 8mm frame.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a waterbuck in tall green grass, its body side-on and head turned toward the camera. — A side view shows the waterbuck’s dark body, pale rump patch, and long horns above the grass.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of a waterbuck standing alert in savanna grass beneath a bright cloudy sky. — The waterbuck holds its position in the grass, with the open landscape stretching behind it.

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