Lagos Nigeria-1969: African Elephant Walking Through Savanna

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

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African Elephant Walking Through Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 captures a large African elephant with prominent tusks walking slowly through a grassy savanna. The elephant moves calmly across the frame, its gray wrinkled skin and massive ears clearly visible under bright sunlight. The scene is framed by dark vertical borders, characteristic of old film, with natural green grass and a blue sky with scattered clouds in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival wildlife 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: 122665246

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 wildlife or travel documentary edits needing real 8mm home-movie footage of an African elephant moving through open grassland.
Period detail: The frame texture, color saturation, rounded film edges, and contact-sheet spacing support the supplied 1969 8mm home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot wildlife perspective, observing the elephant calmly from a fixed or lightly handheld position rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tusked elephant, tall green grass, open savanna, low tree line, blue sky, scattered clouds, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip shows soft 8mm grain, mild exposure variation, saturated color, and gate-edge shadows that give the scan a clear physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or quiet transition beat within sequences about Africa, animals, or mid-century travel.
Historical context: The scene visually places a large elephant in open grassland and supports broad wildlife context without identifying a specific reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but wildlife location, copyright status, and any location permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm elephant footage, African elephant home movie, vintage savanna wildlife, and Super 8 travel animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos or 1969 Nigeria material, then broader vintage African wildlife and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a tusked African elephant walking through tall grass under a bright sky. — A large tusked elephant moves slowly across open grassland, framed by dark 8mm film edges.

The elephant remains in profile, its tusk and large ear visible against grass and sky.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame showing a closer, partly cropped view of a tusked elephant in tall grass. — A closer frame crops the elephant at left as it continues walking through the grass.

1969 Lagos, Nigeria 8mm frame of a tusked elephant walking through grass, with dark gate-edge borders visible. — The elephant continues its slow walk through the grass as dark film borders frame the shot.

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