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Nigeria-1969: Young Lion Cub With Short Mane Sitting On Rock Turning To See Camera

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Young Lion Cub With Short Mane Sitting On Rock Turning... — Clip Details

A young lion cub with a very short mane rests on a sunlit rock in Nigeria, 1969. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the cub turning its head to observe its surroundings under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. The natural lighting highlights the cub's golden fur and relaxed posture, conveying a peaceful moment in the wild. The grainy texture and color palette are characteristic of vintage home movie footage from the late 1960s. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat, ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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
127562133

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports 1960s wildlife archive requests needing 8mm footage of a young lion in Nigeria for documentary inserts, education programs, or period nature sequences.
Period detail
The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft exposure, and 1969 Nigeria metadata rather than identifiable landmarks or dated human-made details.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the quiet patience of home-movie wildlife filming, holding on the cub as it rests and turns toward the camera without staged action.
What appears in frame
A young lion lies on a sunlit rock with a short mane, golden fur, blue sky, scattered white clouds, dark shrub line, and film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage carries a late-1960s 8mm texture with visible grain, muted color, slight softness, and high-contrast sunlight across the animal and sky.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, a reflective nature insert, or a brief memory beat within a sequence about travel, animals, or Nigeria in 1969.
Historical context
The frames show a calm wildlife moment associated with Nigeria in 1969, but they do not identify a reserve, park, expedition, or specific event.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any wildlife-location documentation needs.
Research search match
Useful for searches such as 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion cub, vintage home movie African wildlife, young lion on rock, and 1960s animal footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 wildlife material, then broader 1960s African animal or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young lion in Nigeria, 1969, lying on a sunlit rock and looking slightly away beneath a bright clouded sky.
A young lion rests on a rock in bright sunlight with clouds behind it.
Young lion in Nigeria, 1969, reclining on a rock with its body stretched right and sky filling the background.
The lion remains reclined on the rock, framed against blue sky and white clouds.
Young lion in Nigeria, 1969, resting with front paws forward and face turned toward the camera.
The lion turns toward the camera while staying low on the rock.
Young lion in Nigeria, 1969, centered in frame on a rock with a bright cloud bank behind it.
The lion settles centered in the frame, looking toward the camera.

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