Khartoum Sudan-1969: Lion Sunbathing At The Zoo

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

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Lion Sunbathing At The Zoo — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 shows a young lion resting on a rocky enclosure surface at the zoo. The lion lies calmly with its paws tucked, its golden-brown fur catching the sunlight against a backdrop of green grass. The shot is framed by dark vertical bars, suggesting viewing through a window or cage, with natural film grain and slight color fading characteristic of 1960s amateur footage. The animal appears relaxed and sedentary, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a zoo setting during the late 1960s.

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: 122682516

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

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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: Useful for requests needing 1960s Khartoum zoo footage, African travel home movies, or archival animal cutaways for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, faded tones, and visitor-view framing through dark vertical bars support a late-1960s amateur home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a visitor pausing to film a resting lion rather than arranging a formal wildlife portrait.
What appears in frame: A young lion rests on a rocky enclosure surface, with front paws extended, green grass behind it, pale stones nearby, and dark vertical bars in the foreground.
Film character: The footage shows visible grain, slight color fading, soft handheld framing, and modest exposure variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief zoo cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition beat within a sequence about Sudan, animals, or amateur tourism.
Historical context: The visible scene documents a zoo visitor's view of a captive lion in Khartoum in 1969 without showing people, signage, or identifiable institutions.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any zoo or animal-enclosure property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Khartoum zoo 8mm footage, young lion resting, Sudan home movie wildlife, and vintage zoo animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Khartoum 1969 footage, and then broader vintage zoo or captive-wildlife home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum zoo home-movie frame showing a young lion resting on rock with grass behind and bars in the foreground. — A young lion rests on a rocky surface inside a zoo enclosure, viewed through dark vertical bars.

1969 Khartoum zoo frame with a young lion lying calmly on rock, its body lit softly and grass visible beyond. — The lion remains still on the enclosure rock, framed by the dark bars between camera and animal.

In this 1969 Khartoum zoo frame, the lion lies on a pale rock surface with soft grain and dark bars at the edges. — The lion lowers its head while resting on the rocky zoo enclosure surface.

1969 Khartoum zoo home-movie frame showing the resting lion turned slightly away, with grass and enclosure bars visible. — The lion stays reclined on the rock, turning its head slightly as the shot continues.

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