Lagos Nigeria-1969: Men Carrying Heavy Sack Across Field

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

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Men Carrying Heavy Sack Across Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, in 1969 shows two men carrying a large, heavy sack across a grassy field. One man wears a dark short-sleeved shirt and trousers, while the other wears a light-colored button-up shirt and dark pants. They move from left to right across the frame, with a third person briefly visible in the background. The scene unfolds in a rural African landscape with scattered trees and rocky outcrops under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, capturing a candid moment of manual labor. This authentic archival material is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content about 1960s Nigeria.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122665666

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Helps answer requests for late-1960s Nigerian home-movie footage of manual carrying work in a rural or semi-rural outdoor setting for documentary inserts or social-history edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color, clothing, and metadata-supported 1969 Lagos setting place the scene in the late 1960s, while the exact field or activity is not identifiable from the frames alone.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged movement as men carry a heavy-looking covered load through grass while nearby people briefly assist or pass through the frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men carrying a green covered sack, grassy ground, scattered trees, rocky outcrops, a bright sky, and additional people entering near the last frames.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, labor detail, transition, or memory beat within sequences about everyday outdoor activity in 1960s Nigeria.
Historical context: The footage may show local movement of goods or materials across open land, but the frames do not identify the object, work purpose, or relationship among the people.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos, audible music, or clear private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1969 Lagos 8mm home movie, Nigeria men carrying sack, rural field labor footage, and vintage African outdoor work scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Lagos or Nigeria 1969 scenes, then broader 1960s West African daily-life and outdoor labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1969 Lagos home-movie footage, two men move a large green covered sack through a grassy field with scattered trees. — Two men carry a covered load across open grass.

The two men continue across the grassy Lagos field with the covered sack, framed by trees and soft 8mm exposure. — The covered load is carried farther across the field.

Two men carry the covered sack as other figures appear nearby in the grassy 1969 Lagos outdoor scene. — Additional people enter near the men carrying the load.

Near the end of the 1969 Lagos clip, several people are visible around trees as the covered load is carried through grass. — Several people move around the covered load near trees.

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