Lagos Nigeria-1969: Man Using Tool in Savanna

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

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Man Using Tool in Savanna — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Lagos, Nigeria, 1969, showing a man from behind, hunched over in a grassy savanna landscape. He wears a dark, long-sleeved shirt and uses a primitive stick or tool while working in the tall green grass. The scene is framed by dark structural elements, likely from a vehicle or shelter, with scattered rocks and acacia-like trees in the background under a bright sky. The film exhibits natural grain and color saturation typical of 1960s amateur footage, capturing a candid moment of rural life.

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: 122666126

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 Africa archive requests needing a brief rural labor or savanna cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, handheld framing, and 1969 Lagos metadata support a late-1960s amateur travel or home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The figure is filmed from behind at a distance, giving the scene an unstaged observational quality rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: A hunched man in a dark shirt, tall green grass, scattered pale rocks, tree branches, bright sky, and dark foreground structure are visible.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft detail, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement consistent with amateur physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural work cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a broader Nigeria or 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene may show manual outdoor work in a grassy landscape, but the exact activity, identity, and local setting are not confirmed by the frames alone.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so copyright, source licensing, and any likeness or cultural-context concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Lagos 8mm home movie, Nigeria rural work footage, West African savanna scene, and man using stick in tall grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Nigeria material, then Lagos 1969 footage, then broader 1960s rural labor or savanna landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Lagos home-movie frame showing a man from behind in tall green grass, with pale rocks, trees, and dark foreground framing. — A man bends forward in tall grass, filmed from behind through dark foreground structure.

1969 Lagos frame of a hunched man facing away in grassy terrain, with scattered rocks, trees, and dark structure at the frame edge. — The figure remains turned away while working or moving through tall grass.

Soft 8mm frame from Lagos, 1969, with a man bent forward in dense grass and pale rocks visible across the background. — A rear view of the man bending low in a grassy outdoor setting.

1969 Lagos home-movie still showing a rear view of a man in tall grass, framed by dark structural elements with rocks and trees beyond. — The man is centered in the grass as dark framing elements border the scene.

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