Khartoum Sudan-1969: Lions Resting On Rock In Vintage 8mm Footage

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

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Lions Resting On Rock In Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 shows a pride of lions resting on a large rock formation. The lions, with tawny fur, lie sprawled in the sun, some looking toward the camera while others rest with their eyes closed. The scene is framed by dark vertical borders, characteristic of old film, with a green, grassy landscape and trees in the background. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, capturing a quiet moment of wildlife in a naturalistic setting.

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: 122682458

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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: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing lions resting in a Sudan setting.
Period detail: The footage carries visible 8mm-era clues in its soft focus, faded color, contact-frame borders, and handheld framing from the 1969 home-movie source.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing the lions from a fixed vantage without staged action or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include resting lions, pale rock, scattered branches, trees, grassland, dark film borders, and a soft green background.
Film character: The scan shows natural 8mm grain, mild color fading, soft exposure, and slight handheld instability that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short wildlife insert, quiet transition, travel-memory beat, or contextual cutaway within Sudan or animal-history sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents lions at rest within a grassy, tree-lined setting, but the frames do not identify a landmark, enclosure, or specific institution.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, though copyright status and any location or animal-facility permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Sudan 8mm lions, Khartoum wildlife home movie, vintage lion footage, and Super 8 African animal scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Khartoum 1969 material, then broader vintage wildlife or African travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing several tawny lions lying on pale rock beside trees and grassland. — Several lions rest across a rock surface with a green landscape in the background.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame with lions reclining on a sunlit rock formation, framed by dark film borders. — Lions remain mostly still on the rock as trees and grass fill the background.

Vintage 8mm frame from Khartoum showing lions resting on a broad rocky area with soft green background detail. — A closer lion lies in the foreground while other lions rest farther across the rock.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing a small pride of lions resting on rock, with grassy ground and trees behind. — The lions are spaced across the rocky surface, some facing away from the camera.

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