Lagos Nigeria-1969: Elephant Eating Grass In Savanna On Cloudy Day While

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

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Elephant Eating Grass In Savanna On Cloudy Day While — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, showing a large elephant with prominent tusks grazing in a sun-drenched savanna. The elephant stands in profile, its trunk lowered to the grass as it feeds under a bright, cloudy sky. Sparse acacia trees dot the open plain, and the film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural lens vignetting. This authentic archival clip captures a serene moment of wildlife in its natural habitat, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century African safari footage.

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: 122664987

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$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 archival wildlife requests needing a brief African savanna cutaway or documentary insert with an elephant grazing in original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The footage shows mid-century amateur color-film texture and safari-style wildlife framing, with the 1969 Lagos, Nigeria metadata providing the strongest period and location context.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, holding on the elephant in profile as it feeds rather than presenting a controlled wildlife sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked elephant, tall grass, sparse trees, a low horizon, cloud-filled sky, dark frame edges, and distant dark shapes in the savanna.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, vignetting, and slight handheld framing that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, quiet transition, or period safari beat within a broader archival sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects a tourist or home-movie encounter with large wildlife in an open grassland setting, without enough visible detail to identify a specific reserve or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or wildlife-use permissions should be verified separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm elephant footage, African savanna home movie, vintage wildlife grazing, tusked elephant cutaway, and cloudy-day safari film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, then with broader 1960s African wildlife or safari home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A tusked elephant stands in profile while feeding in tall savanna grass.

1969 Nigeria home-movie frame of an elephant feeding in a grassy savanna, with tusks, trees, and a bright clouded sky visible. — The elephant lowers its trunk into the grass as clouds fill the sky behind it.

A grainy frame holds on the elephant as it feeds in the open grassland.

1969 Nigeria home-movie frame showing a side view of a tusked elephant grazing in savanna grass under a cloudy sky. — The final frame shows the elephant still grazing, framed by grass, trees, and a clouded horizon.

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