Khartoum Sudan-1969: Lions Resting On Rock In Zoo Enclosure

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKhartoum, Sudan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Lions Resting On Rock In Zoo Enclosure — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 shows a pride of lions resting on a large rock formation within a zoo enclosure. The lions, with tawny fur, lie in the shade of trees and bushes, some curled up while others rest alertly. The scene is viewed through a dark frame, suggesting a window or barrier, with green grass and scattered driftwood in the background. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and a handheld, observational style typical of personal archival footage from the era.

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: 122682338

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$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

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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: Khartoum, Sudan 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 editorial requests for visitor-shot zoo animal footage from Khartoum, useful for documentary, education, or museum sequences needing archival lion enclosure material.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and dark viewing barrier may show a late-1960s home-movie visit to a zoo enclosure in Khartoum, Sudan.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, observing resting lions through a barrier rather than presenting a formal wildlife or zoological study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tawny lions, a broad rock ledge, dark vertical barrier bars, grass, trees, bushes, and scattered pale branches.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, mild color fade, soft exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an animal cutaway, travel-memory insert, quiet transition, or contextual beat within a sequence about zoos, Sudan, or 1960s travel.
Historical context: The scene documents lions resting in a managed enclosure, offering visual context for mid-century leisure travel and zoo visitation without identifying the facility by name.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any zoo or location permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Khartoum zoo lions, Sudan home movie animal footage, vintage 8mm zoo enclosure, and lions resting on rocks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Khartoum travel footage, then other 1969 Sudan clips, then broader vintage zoo or captive wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum home-movie frame showing a tawny lion resting on a rocky zoo ledge behind dark barrier bars, with grass and pale branches in the enclosure. — A lion lies on a broad rock ledge inside a green zoo enclosure, viewed through dark barrier bars.

1969 Khartoum zoo frame with a lion lying on a rocky ledge near shrubs, seen through dark vertical barrier bars in soft 8mm color. — A resting lion is partly obscured by the viewing barrier, with grass and bushes behind the rock ledge.

1969 Khartoum home-movie frame showing multiple lions stretched along a shaded rock ledge inside a grassy zoo enclosure. — Several lions rest together along the rock ledge under trees and shade.

1969 Khartoum zoo frame showing a small pride of lions resting on rocks under trees, viewed from behind a dark barrier in faded 8mm color. — A small pride rests on the rocky enclosure edge beneath trees, with the barrier visible in the foreground.

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