Lagos Nigeria-1969: Group Of African Males Work Together To Make A Shelter Out

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

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Group Of African Males Work Together To Make A Shelter Out — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, shows a group of African men working together to construct a makeshift shelter in a grassy field. The men, dressed in casual shirts and trousers, carry and position a large green tarp over a simple frame. The scene unfolds under a bright sky with scattered clouds, surrounded by lush green trees and open savanna. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic framing of home movie footage, capturing a moment of communal labor and resourcefulness in a rural setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122665702

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: Useful for 1960s West African home-movie requests needing brief editorial texture of men assembling a temporary outdoor shelter or tarp structure.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, open grassy setting, and simple tarp-and-frame construction may show late-1960s everyday outdoor work in Lagos as identified by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in its observation of several men coordinating practical work, with the camera watching from a casual home-movie distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in shirts and trousers, a large green patterned tarp, grass, slender support poles, trees, bright sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that give the scene a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for communal labor, improvised shelter building, or everyday outdoor life in Nigeria.
Historical context: The scene visually documents men working together in an open grassy area, but it does not identify the purpose of the shelter or any specific event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright status; no logos or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Lagos 8mm footage, Nigerian men building shelter, West African home movies, tarp construction, and communal outdoor work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lagos 1969 material, then broader clips of outdoor work, shelter construction, or West African daily life.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Lagos, Nigeria, 1969 metadata context, several men work in grass near trees, with one carrying fabric and another bending over a light cloth. — Men begin handling fabric and materials in a grassy outdoor area.

Men in a grassy Lagos setting, identified by metadata as 1969, arrange a large green tarp across a low support frame under trees. — Workers pull and position a green tarp over a simple outdoor frame.

Several men continue adjusting a large green tarp across a low frame in open grass, with trees and sky behind them in 1969 Lagos footage. — The green tarp is stretched farther across the low shelter structure.

At the end of the clip, men work around a green tarp stretched across a low outdoor frame in the Lagos, Nigeria scene identified as 1969. — Men make final adjustments around the tarp-covered frame.

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