Lagos Nigeria-1969: Water Buffalo Stands In Tall Grass As Antelopes Rest

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

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Water Buffalo Stands In Tall Grass As Antelopes Rest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a water buffalo standing in tall grass, its dark form and curved horns prominent against the golden savanna. The scene transitions to show several antelopes resting in the grass, their slender bodies and alert postures visible in the natural light. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly faded quality characteristic of 1960s amateur footage. This archival clip offers authentic wildlife observation from a safari or rural setting, with the camera remaining stationary throughout the 5-second sequence.

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: 122664329

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 wildlife or travel-documentary requests needing brief Nigerian home-movie views of large grazing animals and antelope-like wildlife in tall grass.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1969 visitor-shot wildlife scene, with visible era clues mainly in the soft 8mm color, grain, and fixed amateur framing rather than built landmarks or clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged observer perspective, with the camera held at a distance while animals stand or rest without apparent direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark horned buffalo-like animal, tall pale grass, low scrub and trees, resting antelope-like animals, soft natural light, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing that give the wildlife view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, safari-memory cutaway, rural transition, or quiet establishing beat within a 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for amateur wildlife observation associated with Lagos, Nigeria metadata, while the frames themselves show open grassland rather than identifiable urban or landmark detail.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and location should be independently checked, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife footage, Lagos home movie animals, vintage safari grassland clip, buffalo in tall grass, and antelope resting in grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife and travel home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria home-movie frame showing a dark horned buffalo-like animal facing the camera in tall grass, with scrub and trees in the background. — A dark horned animal stands in tall grass against a scrubby tree line.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria home-movie frame with a dark buffalo-like animal centered in pale grassland, seen from a stationary distant viewpoint. — The animal remains centered in the grass, framed by a distant line of trees.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing the same dark horned animal standing in grass, with the soft grain and dark frame edge visible. — A horned animal stands nearly front-facing in a tall grassy field.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria home-movie frame showing antelope-like animals in tall grass, including one resting low and another partly visible at right. — Several antelope-like animals are visible low in the grass, with one partly cropped at the right edge.

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