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Nigeria-1969: Fishermen's Catch And Pelican Swimming On Lake

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Fishermen's Catch And Pelican Swimming On Lake — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a fisherman's catch of large fish on a boat, their silvery bodies glistening in the dim light. The scene shifts to a pelican gliding across a calm lake, its long beak cutting through the water. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, a cool blue-purple color cast, and authentic home movie imperfections, evoking a sense of mid-century African life and wildlife.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127561722

Rights & Clearance

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
Nigeria 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • animal
  • wild
  • water
  • nature
  • boat
  • bird
  • swimming
  • lake
  • fishermen
  • caught
  • large
  • fish
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 Nigeria home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • fishing catch
  • large fish
  • pelican swimming
  • lake wildlife
  • African fishing
  • retro archival footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage fishing
  • wildlife documentary
  • classic home movie
  • 1960s Africa
  • fisherman's catch
  • pelican on water
  • vintage nature footage
  • old film footage
  • 8mm film
  • archival footage
  • fishing trip

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s Nigeria archive requests needing short natural-history or fishing-life inserts from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail
The 8mm stock, boat-side catch, and cool color shift support a late-1960s home-movie reading, with Nigeria and 1969 taken from supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an observational, unstaged feel, moving from a close view of a fisherman's catch to a quiet pelican cutaway on open water.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include large fish on a boat, coiled rope, fishing gear, dark boat edges, rippled lake water, shoreline, and a pelican swimming.
Film character
The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and a blue-purple cast that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat linking fishing activity with lake wildlife.
Historical context
The frames show everyday waterside activity and bird life without enough visual evidence to identify a specific lake, community, or event.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright, location, wildlife, and source-reel documentation separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm fishing footage, African lake wildlife home movie, pelican swimming, and fishermen's catch on boat.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then Nigeria 1969 lake or boat scenes, then broader fishing, water, and wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing several large fish laid on a boat, with soft focus and cool film color cast.
Large fish rest on the boat after a catch.
1969 Nigeria home-movie frame with large fish on a boat near coiled rope and dark fishing equipment.
The catch is seen beside rope and gear on the boat.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a pelican gliding on blue rippled lake water with shoreline in the background.
A pelican swims across the lake after the fishing shots.
1969 Nigeria home-movie frame of a pelican floating on a lake, framed by visible 8mm gate edges.
The pelican continues across the water in a calm lake view.

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