Sudan-1969: Pride Of Lionesses Sunbathing On Rocks In The Middle Of The Savannah

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Pride Of Lionesses Sunbathing On Rocks In The Middle Of... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a pride of lionesses resting on sun-warmed rocks in a savannah landscape. The footage shows multiple lionesses lying calmly, some partially shaded by trees, with a natural backdrop of grass and scattered boulders. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains mostly static, offering a quiet, observational view of these wild animals in a serene moment. This authentic 1960s wildlife clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127551190

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: 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 wildlife or travel-documentary sequences needing observational 8mm footage of lionesses resting in a Sudan savannah setting.
Period detail: The period is supported by 1969 metadata, while the frames themselves show natural savannah terrain, rocks, grasses, trees, and no visible modern infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a visitor-shot wildlife encounter, with the camera observing resting lionesses from a fixed, slightly distant position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lionesses lying on flat rocks, shaded trees, grassland, scattered boulders, pale sunlit stone, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and slight framing drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transitional beat within archival sequences about East African landscapes or big cats.
Historical context: The footage visually places lionesses in open savannah habitat, offering a small observational record of wildlife tourism or field filming in the late 1960s.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still evaluate copyright, source provenance, and wildlife-location claims for their project.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 8mm Sudan wildlife footage, lionesses resting on rocks, vintage savannah home movie, or archival big cat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Sudan or 1969 wildlife material, then broader archival savannah and lion footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a lioness lying on flat rocks in a grassy savannah area with trees and boulders behind her. — A lioness lies on sunlit rock with grass and trees in the background.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing multiple lionesses resting on or beside rocks, partly shaded by a tree in savannah grass. — Lionesses rest together near rocks and shade at the edge of the grass.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing lionesses partly obscured by a rocky foreground, with green grass and trees in the savannah behind them. — Resting lionesses are partly hidden beyond the pale rocky foreground.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing a lioness sprawled on a sunlit rock surface, with grass, trees, and another partial lioness at the frame edge. — A lioness rests on pale rock while the savannah continues behind her.

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