Kenya-1969: Lion Eating In The Wild Near A Tree Trunk

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationKenya
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Lion Eating In The Wild Near A Tree Trunk — Clip Details

A lion walks through a grassy savanna in Kenya in 1969, its body partially obscured by a fallen tree trunk. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows the animal moving slowly, its tail swaying as it navigates the terrain. The scene is bathed in a distinct purple and green color cast typical of vintage Super 8 film, with visible grain and slight motion blur. The lion appears to be foraging or approaching a carcass near the log, capturing a raw moment of wildlife in its natural habitat. This archival home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from 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: 125063423

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Kenya Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya wildlife requests needing short editorial inserts of a lion moving near a fallen tree in a savanna setting.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and strong purple-green shift support a late-1960s home-movie look, with Kenya and 1969 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot safari viewpoint, observing a wild lion from a distance without staged action or visible handlers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lion, fallen tree trunk, grass, low shrubs, scattered branches, bright sky, and heavy film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, handheld framing, motion softness, uneven exposure, and a pronounced magenta-blue color cast as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transitional insert within sequences about African safari footage or archival nature observation.
Historical context: The scene reflects tourist or amateur wildlife filming in Kenya, showing a lion in open grassland without visible people, vehicles, signage, or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright ownership and wildlife-location context should still be confirmed before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Kenya 8mm lion footage, vintage safari home movie, lion near fallen tree, and archival African wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel safari shots, then other Kenya 1969 wildlife material, then broader vintage lion or African savanna footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a lion partly obscured by a fallen tree trunk in grassland. — A lion moves past a fallen tree trunk in open grassland.

1969 Kenya wildlife frame with a lion moving behind a fallen tree trunk amid grass and scrub. — The lion is partly concealed by the log as it moves through scrubby grass.

Vintage 8mm Kenya frame showing a lion close to a fallen tree, with soft focus and strong color shift. — A soft, grainy frame shows the lion close to the fallen tree.

1969 Kenya 8mm still of a lion moving across grass in front of a fallen trunk and scattered scrub. — The lion crosses the foreground while the fallen trunk fills the background.

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