Lagos Nigeria-1969: A Group Of Gazelles Sitting On The Grass

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

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A Group Of Gazelles Sitting On The Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a group of gazelles resting in a grassy field. The animals, with their beige and white coats, are seen sitting and lying in tall green grass, their alert ears and slender forms visible through the film's grainy texture. The footage exhibits natural film characteristics including slight motion blur and a soft focus, typical of amateur Super 8 recordings from the era. The scene conveys a quiet, observational moment of wildlife in a natural setting, with the dark frame borders indicating a preserved home movie.

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: 122664355

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1960s West African wildlife home-movie material, especially editorial cutaways of resting antelope-like animals in grass.
Period detail: The 8mm frame borders, soft focus, grain, and handheld contact-sheet views support the 1969 home-movie context, while the grassland setting itself offers few specific era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet observational feel of a visitor or amateur camera lingering on wildlife rather than staged animal footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall green grass, several gazelles or similar antelope, beige and white coats, alert ears, dark film borders, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, muted color, slight motion blur, soft focus, and uneven frame edges from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, a travel-memory insert, or a calm transition within a sequence about Nigeria, nature, or amateur 1960s filming.
Historical context: The scene documents animals resting in grass within footage identified as Lagos, Nigeria, without visible people, buildings, landmarks, or specific public events.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, archive license terms, and species or location identification should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife footage, Lagos home movie gazelles, vintage West African grassland animals, and archival antelope cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Lagos or 1969 Nigeria footage, then with broader vintage wildlife and travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing partially blurred gazelles or similar antelope resting in tall green grass. — Soft 8mm view of resting gazelles or similar antelope in grass.

1969 Lagos frame with a small group of gazelles or similar antelope lying low in tall grass, seen through 8mm grain. — A small group of gazelles or similar antelope rests in tall grass.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing gazelles or similar antelope, one upright and others lying in tall grass. — One gazelle-like animal sits upright while others rest nearby in grass.

1969 Lagos home-movie frame with a blurred gazelle or similar antelope resting in tall grass near the right edge. — A softly blurred gazelle-like animal rests low in the grass.

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