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Lagos Nigeria-1969: Elephant Walking Through Grass Field

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationLagos, Nigeria
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Elephant Walking Through Grass Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, showing a large African elephant with prominent tusks walking through a sunlit grassy savannah. The elephant moves steadily from left to right across the frame, its massive form filling the foreground against a backdrop of green grass and distant trees under a bright blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: warm color palette, slight grain, and natural film edge borders, capturing a moment of wild wildlife in its natural habitat. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1960s African safari life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122665209

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Lagos, Nigeria Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • big
  • africa
  • savannah
  • grazing
  • safari
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  • 1969
  • 1969 Nigeria safari footage
  • vintage 8mm elephant
  • African wildlife archive
  • Super 8 savannah scene
  • 1960s home movie
  • wild elephant walking
  • retro wildlife film
  • Nigerian nature footage
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  • archival elephant clip
  • vintage safari footage
  • 1969 home movie
  • African grassland
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  • nostalgic wildlife
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  • vintage 8mm film
  • historical wildlife
  • retro documentary clip
  • 1960s Africa

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing archival 8mm wildlife footage of an African elephant moving through open grassland.
Period detail
The visible period clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie color, soft exposure, frame borders, and safari-style wildlife subject noted in the 1969 metadata.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a large tusked elephant moving through tall grass under a bright sky.
A large elephant with prominent tusks walks through sunlit grassland.

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