Lagos Nigeria-1969: African Buffalo in Savanna Landscape

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

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African Buffalo in Savanna Landscape — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures two large African buffalo standing in a grassy savanna. The animals, with dark hides and prominent curved horns, are shown in profile against a backdrop of rolling hills and a pale blue sky. The scene is framed by the characteristic black borders of an 8mm home movie, with visible film grain and a slightly faded color palette typical of 1960s amateur footage. The buffalo remain mostly still, offering a quiet moment of wildlife observation in a natural setting.

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: 122664603

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

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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 West Africa wildlife requests needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of African buffalo in open grassland for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm frame borders, faded color, grain, and handheld framing support a late-1960s amateur-film look, while the landscape itself offers few datable visual markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or amateur filmmaker pausing on nearby wildlife rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two dark African buffalo, curved horns, tall yellow-green grass, low scrub, distant hills, pale sky, and black 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight color fade, and uneven handheld framing give the short scene a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, landscape transition, or quiet observational beat in a 1960s Nigeria or animal-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually records buffalo in open grassland identified by metadata as Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969, but the frames do not show urban landmarks or specific events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright, source permissions, and any wildlife or location-use requirements for the intended project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife footage, African buffalo in savanna, West Africa home movie animals, and vintage amateur nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or grassland landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two buffalo stand nearly still in open grassland, framed by the soft edges of an 8mm home-movie shot.

Two dark buffalo appear in the grassland in this 1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame, with a low ridge line and pale blue sky beyond. — The buffalo remain grouped in the grass while the camera holds a steady, slightly soft composition.

In a 1969 Nigeria home-movie frame, two African buffalo face toward the camera from tall grass, their curved horns visible against distant hills. — The animals shift to a more frontal view, their horn shapes visible against the open landscape.

The final 1969 Lagos, Nigeria frame shows two horned buffalo standing side by side in tall grass, with low hills and a pale sky in the background. — The shot ends with both buffalo still visible in the grassland, held in a quiet wildlife observation.

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