Sudan-1969: Three Lions Rest While Laying Down Near A Tree And Grass

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSudan
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Sudan

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Three Lions Rest While Laying Down Near A Tree And Grass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures three lions resting on a rocky outcrop in Sudan. The big cats lie calmly in the sun, their tawny coats contrasting with the rugged terrain and surrounding green grass. A leafy tree provides partial shade in the background, with a natural landscape stretching into the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival wildlife footage from a private collection.

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: 127551211

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: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial uses needing lions at rest in a Sudan landscape.
Period detail: The frames show a film-era wildlife view with soft focus, handheld framing, and color typical of 1960s amateur 8mm travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational traveler perspective, holding on resting animals without staged action or visible human direction.
What appears in frame: Three lions rest on a rocky outcrop near grass, scattered stones, pale ground markings, and a leafy tree in the background.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, muted color, slight blur, uneven exposure, and gentle handheld instability as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, quiet transition, location-establishing insert, or reflective memory beat within travel or natural-history sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents lions seen in a natural or park-like setting in Sudan, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are apparent, but copyright, collection permissions, and any location or wildlife-use requirements should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Sudan 8mm lions, vintage African wildlife home movie, resting lions on rocks, and archival travel film animals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Sudan 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or travel home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing three lions resting on sunlit rock with grass, stones, and a leafy tree behind them. — Three lions rest on a rocky outcrop with grass and tree cover in the background.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame with three lions lying apart on a rocky surface below a tree and grassy background. — The lions remain spread across the rocks, with one near the foreground edge.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame showing lions still resting on a rocky ledge, partly framed by grass, stones, and tree shade. — A static wildlife view holds on the resting lions across the rocky ledge.

1969 Sudan 8mm frame of three lions lying calmly on rocks near a leafy tree and open grass beyond. — The final frame keeps the same calm composition of lions, rocks, grass, and tree cover.

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