Khartoum Sudan-1969: A Pride Of Lions Rests On A Large Rock Surrounded By Trees

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

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A Pride Of Lions Rests On A Large Rock Surrounded By Trees — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a pride of lionesses resting on a large sunlit rock. The grainy, color-bleached film shows the lions lying calmly in a naturalistic enclosure with green grass, scattered rocks, and leafy trees in the background. Shot through a dark frame, likely from a vehicle window, the footage has a nostalgic, observational quality. The lionesses, with tawny fur, appear relaxed and alert, embodying the quiet majesty of African wildlife in a mid-century archival recording.

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: 122682352

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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

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: 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 requests for 1960s 8mm wildlife or zoo-enclosure footage in Sudan for documentary inserts, education programs, or archival animal-behavior sequences.
Period detail: The footage carries 1960s home-movie traits, with color 8mm grain, soft focus, and a dark window or gate frame around the view rather than visible dated signage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes quietly from behind a dark frame, suggesting a visitor or traveler recording resting lions without staging or direct interaction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lionesses resting on a broad rock surface, green grass, scattered stones, bare branches, leafy trees, and dark vertical framing at the lens edge.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm texture with muted color, slight softness, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that reflect original small-gauge film capture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition between broader Sudan or mid-century animal footage.
Historical context: The scene documents a visitor-level view of lions in a naturalistic rocky enclosure or reserve-like setting, without visible people, signage, or urban context.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and animal-enclosure identification should be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Sudan 8mm lions, Khartoum wildlife home movie, vintage lionesses on rock, and mid-century African animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Khartoum 1969 footage, then broader vintage wildlife, zoo, or safari-style home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum home-movie frame showing several lionesses resting on a large rock, seen through dark vertical framing with grass and trees behind. — Lionesses lie across a sunlit rock surface with grass and trees in the background.

1969 Khartoum footage shows lionesses resting on a rocky surface, with grass, stones, and bare branches beyond the enclosure-like area. — Two lionesses remain still on the rock while the background grass and stones fill the frame.

A tawny lioness reclines on the rock in the 1969 Khartoum 8mm footage, with another lion partly visible near grass and stones behind her. — A reclining lioness is centered on the rock, with another lion farther back near the grass.

A lioness rests in profile on the rock as another lion lies farther back near the grass.

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