Khartoum Sudan-1969: Lioness and Male Lion Resting on Rock

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

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Lioness and Male Lion Resting on Rock — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Khartoum, Sudan, in 1969 captures a young lioness resting on a sunlit rock, her golden fur glowing in the natural light. The scene transitions to show a male lion with a developing mane lying beside her, both appearing calm and alert in their enclosure. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera shake, with dark vertical framing suggesting viewing through a window or barrier. The lush green background and rocky terrain evoke a mid-century zoo or wildlife park setting, offering a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife in a historical home movie format.

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: 122682534

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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: Useful for 1960s archive requests needing African zoo or captive wildlife footage as a documentary insert, education cutaway, or period home-movie animal sequence.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, dark frame edges, and handheld view may show a late-1960s visitor perspective inside a Khartoum wildlife enclosure.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes quietly through a dark barrier or window, preserving the casual visitor-shot feeling of animals resting rather than performing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lioness, a young male lion with mane growth, flat rock ledges, green enclosure planting, scattered stones, and dark vertical frame bars.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, mild color fading, soft exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife cutaway, calm transition, zoo-memory beat, or period insert within a larger 1960s travel or animal sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places captive lions within a rocky, planted enclosure and should be treated as home-movie evidence of a visitor encounter, not a broad wildlife history claim.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any zoo or location permissions should be checked separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 Khartoum 8mm lions, Sudan zoo home movie, vintage captive lion footage, and 1960s African wildlife park film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Khartoum 1969 material, then comparable 1960s zoo, wildlife park, or captive big-cat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame of a lioness lying on a rock surface, seen through dark vertical edges with green enclosure background. — A lioness lies quietly on a rock ledge inside a planted enclosure.

1969 Khartoum frame showing the lioness still resting on the rock, with soft focus, faded color, and dark gate or window edges. — The lioness stays low and calm on the sunlit rock surface.

1969 Khartoum 8mm frame of a young male lion on a rock ledge, with a lioness nearby and planted enclosure scenery behind them. — A young male lion rests in the foreground while a lioness sits farther back.

1969 Khartoum frame with a young male lion stretched across a rocky ledge and a lioness partly visible in the background enclosure. — The male lion remains stretched across the rock as the lioness rests behind him.

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