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Nigeria-1969: Lion Resting On Top Of A Rock

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Lion Resting On Top Of A Rock — Clip Details

A young lion rests on a rocky surface under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds, captured on 8mm film in Nigeria in 1969. The lion, with its thick mane and alert ears, lies calmly, occasionally shifting its gaze. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of vintage home movie footage. This archival clip offers a peaceful moment of wildlife in its natural habitat, evoking nostalgia and a sense of history.

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
127562121

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s Nigeria wildlife archive requests needing a brief animal cutaway, nature insert, or home-movie safari-style observation shot.
Period detail
The 8mm color stock, soft focus, faded tones, and contact-frame edges support a late-1960s home-movie feel, with Nigeria and 1969 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The footage appears to be an unstaged visitor or traveler observation of a lion resting quietly, with attention held on the animal rather than a composed wildlife-production setup.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a resting lion, rocky surface, bright blue sky, scattered white clouds, dark frame borders, soft shadows, and slight film wear.
Film character
The clip carries visible 8mm grain, mild color fading, soft exposure, vignetted edges, and small dust or scratch marks that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a calm wildlife cutaway, a travel-memory insert, a transition into nature material, or a brief pause within a 1960s Africa sequence.
Historical context
The frames show wildlife viewed in an open outdoor setting, but they do not identify a reserve, park, enclosure, or specific local context beyond the supplied Nigeria metadata.
Research note
No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or animal-facility permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife, vintage lion resting on rock, African home movie animal footage, and 1960s safari-style travel film.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Nigeria footage, then related vintage wildlife, travel, or African landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lion lying on rock under a bright blue sky, with dark film borders and soft vintage color.
A lion rests on rock against a clouded blue sky.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a resting lion on a rocky ledge, head angled sideways beneath scattered clouds.
The resting lion turns its head while lying on the rock.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lion lying low on rock, one foreleg extended, with faded color and visible film grain.
The lion remains low on the rock with one foreleg extended.
1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a lion reclining on rock, face angled downward, with clouds and dark home-movie frame edges visible.
The lion reclines on the rock as its gaze drops slightly.

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