Pretoria South Africa-1969: Female Lion Walking Through Grassland

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationPretoria, South Africa
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

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Female Lion Walking Through Grassland — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Pretoria, South Africa, 1969, showing a female lion walking through tall green grass in the African savannah. The lion moves steadily from right to left, its tawny fur contrasting with the lush vegetation. The shot is framed by dark vertical borders, suggesting it was filmed through a vehicle window during a safari. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and authentic color fading typical of 1960s amateur Super 8 footage. The scene captures a quiet moment of wildlife observation in its natural habitat, evoking a sense of adventure and nostalgia.

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: 122666532

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: Pretoria, South Africa 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: Supports 1960s documentary or editorial requests for South African safari wildlife footage showing a lioness moving through grassland.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie texture, muted color, and vehicle-window framing may show a 1969 safari viewing scene near Pretoria, as indicated by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor viewpoint from inside or beside a vehicle as the camera follows a lioness through tall vegetation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lioness, tall green grass, scrub plants, dark vertical window edges, soft focus, and the divided contact-sheet frame layout.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, slight motion blur, faded color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it clear amateur-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, safari memory beat, or quiet transition within a sequence about African travel or animal observation.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century home-movie safari observation, with the animal filmed at a distance and no people or built landmarks visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and location context should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 8mm South Africa safari footage, lioness walking in grass, vintage African wildlife film, or home-movie savannah scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other Pretoria 1969 travel material, then broader vintage safari and African wildlife footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A lioness moves left through green vegetation in 1969 Pretoria safari footage, seen through dark vehicle-window framing. — Lioness walking through dense grass with dark window edges in the foreground.

Profile view of the lioness moving steadily through grass and low brush.

A lioness passes through taller grass in the Pretoria safari footage, with soft 8mm blur and faded color. — Lioness partly hidden by vegetation as it moves through the grass.

The lioness remains in side view among dense grass, framed by dark film or vehicle edges in the 1969 safari clip. — Side view of the lioness crossing through the grassy vegetation.

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