Lagos Nigeria-1969: Small Birds with Blue Markings in Grass

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

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Small Birds with Blue Markings in Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, showing a group of small, dark-colored birds with distinctive blue and red facial markings moving through tall green grass. The grainy, slightly blurry image captures the natural behavior of these wild birds in their habitat, with the camera following their movement across the field. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including soft focus and natural color tones, offering a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from 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: 122664513

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 African wildlife or travelogue projects needing brief 8mm home-movie cutaways of small wild birds moving through grass near Lagos.
Period detail: The frames mainly show tall grass and birds, with the 1969 Lagos setting supported by supplied metadata rather than visible landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot wildlife observation feel, with the camera staying at a distance as the birds move naturally through vegetation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall green grass, several small dark birds, blue and red facial markings, soft daylight, handheld framing, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm look with visible grain, muted color, slight blur, and uneven contact-sheet exposure across the sampled frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, environmental cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a Lagos or West Africa sequence.
Historical context: As supplied, the clip offers a modest view of wildlife filmed around Lagos in 1969 without showing urban landmarks, people, or identifiable built context.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification, location claims, and copyright status should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Lagos 8mm wildlife footage, Nigerian grassland birds, African home movie nature cutaway, or Super 8 birds in tall grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Lagos 1969 material, then Nigeria wildlife, grassland birds, or broader 1960s African travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing small dark birds with blue and red facial markings partly hidden in tall grass. — Birds move low through tall green grass, seen in soft 8mm focus.

1969 Lagos frame with multiple small birds spaced across tall grass, some showing blue and red facial coloration. — Several birds are visible among dense grass as the camera follows their movement.

1969 Lagos 8mm frame showing a closer group of small dark birds partly obscured by tall grass and soft focus. — A closer handheld view catches the birds as they pass through the grass.

1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing small marked birds moving through dense grass near the end of the short clip. — The birds continue across the grassy area, partly hidden by vegetation.

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