Khartoum Sudan-1969: Lioness Resting in Empty Field

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

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Lioness Resting in Empty Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 shows a lioness resting on a rocky surface in an open field. The young lioness lies calmly, occasionally shifting her head and blinking, appearing to doze in the bright daylight. The scene is framed by dark vertical bars, suggesting viewing through a window or enclosure. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a quiet, candid moment of wildlife in a naturalistic setting. The background features green grass and a distant dirt path, emphasizing the open environment. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century wildlife observation.

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: 122682492

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: 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 late-1960s 8mm wildlife or zoo observation footage from Khartoum for documentary cutaways, education pieces, or archival atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, fading, and contact-framed view support a 1969 home-movie context, while the setting itself offers few precise period markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patience of visitor-shot observation, holding on a resting lioness as she blinks, lowers her head, and appears to drift toward sleep.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lioness on layered rock, green grass beyond, pale worn ground, dark vertical frame bars, and soft daylight.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, muted color, slight motion blur, and uneven exposure that give the animal study a physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a quiet wildlife insert, contemplative transition, or brief memory beat within travel, zoo, animal behavior, or Sudan-related sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a calm animal observation moment in Khartoum in 1969, with framing that suggests filming through a barrier or window.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location access, and any animal-facility permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Khartoum 8mm lioness, vintage Sudan wildlife footage, resting lioness home movie, or Super 8 animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Khartoum material, then broader vintage wildlife, zoo, or animal-resting footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame showing a lioness resting on rock, viewed through dark vertical bars with green grass in the background. — A lioness rests low on a rocky surface, framed by dark vertical bars.

1969 Khartoum frame of a resting lioness with front paws stretched forward on layered rock, seen through a dark foreground barrier. — The lioness remains stretched out on the rock, head lowered toward her paws.

Close 8mm view from Khartoum in 1969 showing a lioness lying on rock, her head lowered as if drowsy. — A closer frame shows the lioness settled on the rock with her head lowered.

1969 Khartoum 8mm still of a lioness resting on a rocky surface, partly turned toward the camera with grass behind her. — The lioness stays on the rock, her head partly turned while the background remains still.

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