Lagos Nigeria-1969: African Men Pulling Tarp Over Pole Frame For Shelter

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

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African Men Pulling Tarp Over Pole Frame For Shelter — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Lagos, Nigeria in 1969 shows a group of African men constructing a temporary shelter in a grassy savanna. They work together to pull a large green tarp over a simple pole frame, securing it as a makeshift roof. The scene unfolds under a bright sky with scattered clouds, surrounded by acacia trees and rolling green hills. The men wear casual clothing typical of the era, including button-up shirts and trousers. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and slight motion blur, capturing a candid moment of community effort 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: 122665751

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 practical outdoor shelter construction or community labor as documentary context.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color, and metadata-supported 1969 setting may show late-1960s casual work dress in an outdoor Nigerian landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes men working without staging, giving the clip value as a brief candid record of cooperative manual setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include men in shirts and trousers, a green tarp, a simple pole frame, grassy ground, acacia-like trees, low hills, and bright clouded sky.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld variation that mark it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, rural work cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into shelter, camp, or recreation material.
Historical context: The scene documents a small group assembling a temporary covered structure outdoors, without enough visual evidence to identify the event or purpose.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status and any location or property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm footage, African men building shelter, green tarp over pole frame, and vintage home movie outdoor work.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Lagos or Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s outdoor shelter or group labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1969 Nigeria footage, men work around a green tarp and pole frame in open grassland with trees behind them. — Men begin positioning a green tarp over a simple outdoor frame.

Men in shirts and trousers stand along a green tarp-covered frame in an open grassy area, with trees and hills in the background. — The tarp is drawn across the frame as men stand at its edges.

A small group works around a green tarp roof on a low pole frame, filmed from a home-movie viewpoint in the outdoor Lagos-area scene. — More of the group is visible around the partially covered shelter frame.

The final frame shows men beside a low tarp-covered structure in open grassland, with trees, hills, and 8mm frame edges visible. — Men continue adjusting the tarp-covered structure in the field.

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