Nigeria-1969: Seven Men Weighing Large White Fish On A Bright Sunny Day

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Seven Men Weighing Large White Fish On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: Seven men gather on a sandy beach beside the ocean, proudly displaying a massive white fish caught during a sunny day. The fish is hoisted on a wooden tripod scale as the men, dressed in simple shirts and shorts, examine their impressive catch. Palm trees line the shore under a clear blue sky, capturing a moment of communal pride and traditional fishing life. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie footage offers authentic, unscripted moments of daily life in Nigeria during the late 1960s, with natural lighting and film grain enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127561971

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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: Nigeria 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 documentary or educational edits needing Nigerian coastal fishing, community labor, or daily-life beach footage from 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The simple shirts and shorts, wooden tripod weighing setup, sandy shoreline, and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s home-movie reading without identifying a more specific place.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the way several men gather around the catch, move through the frame, and appear to assess or display the large fish together.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy beach, ocean horizon, wooden tripod scale, large pale fish, several men, palm-like shoreline plants, bright sun, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows handheld 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, saturated daylight color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for fishing, coastal work, local foodways, or outdoor community life.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a coastal fishing moment in Nigeria, emphasizing shared attention around a large catch rather than a staged commercial activity.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed even when no logos, music, private property, or brands are apparent.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm fishing footage, men weighing large fish on beach, African coastal home movie, and vintage ocean shoreline catch.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Nigeria 1969 coastal scenes, and then with broader fishing, beach labor, or community food-gathering clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Nigeria 1969 home-movie frame showing men on a beach gathered near a large pale fish suspended from a wooden tripod by the ocean. — Men gather beside a large fish hanging from a tripod scale on a sunny beach.

Nigeria 1969 8mm frame with men moving near a wooden beach tripod as a large fish remains suspended beside the shoreline. — Men move around the weighing setup as the suspended fish remains near the shore.

Nigeria 1969 beach footage showing two men near the tripod structure, with the fish no longer central and the sea in the background. — Two men pass the tripod structure against the blue ocean horizon.

Late-1960s Nigeria home-movie frame with a man walking beside the wooden tripod, ocean and beach visible behind him. — A man walks beside the tripod as the beach scene opens toward the ocean.

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