Nigeria-1969: Pair Of Hyenas Resting In Green Grass On A Clear Day

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Pair Of Hyenas Resting In Green Grass On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures two hyenas resting together in a grassy field in Nigeria. The pair lies close, nuzzling and grooming each other on a clear day, their spotted coats and alert ears visible against the green grass. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic soft focus of Super 8 home movies, offering an intimate glimpse into wildlife behavior in a natural setting. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content about African wildlife.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127562519

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: 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

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: 1960s Nigerian 8mm wildlife footage suited to archive requests for natural animal behavior, African field scenes, or brief documentary cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show a late-1960s home-movie wildlife view, with no visible landmarks, vehicles, clothing, or built features to further date the scene beyond the supplied 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer quality, watching two hyenas rest and nuzzle from a distance without visible human intervention.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two hyenas, green grass, spotted coats, alert ears, soft shadows, 8mm frame edges, and a distant field background.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, mild motion blur, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame borders that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, quiet transition, behavioral cutaway, or reflective pause within material about African animals or home-movie travel records.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for wildlife filming in Nigeria through a private 8mm lens, without showing people, settlements, or identifiable conservation sites.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright, source permissions, and any location or species identification needs.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm hyenas, vintage African wildlife home movie, resting hyenas in grass, and Super 8 animal behavior footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 wildlife footage, then broader vintage African animal or grassland behavior scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1969 8mm view from Nigeria showing two hyenas resting together in green grass. — Two hyenas rest close together in a grassy field.

1969 Nigeria home-movie frame with two hyenas lying close together in a grassy field. — The pair lies together with ears and spotted coats visible.

Vintage 8mm frame from Nigeria showing two hyenas lying together, one appearing to nuzzle the other. — One hyena appears to nuzzle the other while both remain on the grass.

1969 Nigerian 8mm wildlife frame showing two hyenas resting side by side in green grass. — The hyenas remain close together in the open grass.

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