Lagos Nigeria-1969: Pair Of Buffalo Standing In Tall Grass On Clear Sunny Day

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

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Pair Of Buffalo Standing In Tall Grass On Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures two large African buffaloes standing in a sunlit grassy savanna. The animals, with their dark, shaggy coats and curved horns, are positioned in the foreground of a wide, open plain under a clear blue sky. Distant hills form a hazy backdrop, and the film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded quality. The clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in a natural setting, preserved in authentic archival format.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122664561

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 archival requests needing African wildlife footage, especially a brief natural-history insert or location-neutral savanna cutaway from real 8mm material.
Period detail: The clip carries 1960s home-movie traits in its 8mm color, soft focus, and slight fading, while the landscape itself offers few specific date clues beyond the supplied 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a distant observer's position as two buffalo stand in tall grass, giving the shot the quiet, unstaged feel of a travel or family wildlife sighting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two dark horned buffalo, tall grass, low scrub, distant hills, a pale blue sky, and dark film-frame borders from the scan.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, mild color shift toward blue-green, uneven exposure, and steady but informal framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, savanna establishing detail, travel-memory beat, or transitional cutaway within a broader 1960s Nigeria or African nature sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a visitor-level view of large wildlife in open grassland, without visible people, buildings, vehicles, or landmarks to confirm a more specific setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, species identification, and exact location claims should still be checked before publication.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife, Lagos archival buffalo footage, African buffalo in tall grass home movie, and vintage savanna animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, and finally with broader 1960s African wildlife or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing two horned buffalo in tall grass beneath a pale sky and distant hills. — Two buffalo stand in a grassy open landscape with distant hills behind them.

One buffalo faces the camera while the other stands in profile in the grass.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of two dark horned buffalo standing in tall grass with hills beyond. — The buffalo remain nearly still in a wide grassy field.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing two buffalo in tall grass, with scrub and hills across the horizon. — Two buffalo stand apart in the grass as the landscape stretches toward low hills.

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