Nigeria-1969: Hyena Carrying Bone in Savanna Grass

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Hyena Carrying Bone in Savanna Grass — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: A young hyena walks through tall green grass, its spotted coat and alert ears visible in the vintage 8mm film. Another hyena enters the frame, carrying a bone in its mouth, while the first continues to observe. The footage captures a raw moment of wildlife behavior in the African savanna, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film. This authentic home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1960s wildlife observation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127562611

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Nigeria wildlife footage suited to documentary or educational edits needing archival hyena behavior in savanna grass.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1960s 8mm travel or field footage, with no visible landmarks or human-made details beyond the film format and supplied Nigeria 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, watching hyenas from a distance without staging or visible human interaction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include spotted hyenas, tall green grass, a bone or carcass fragment, soft natural light, handheld framing, and dark film-frame dividers.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that contribute period archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, behavioral cutaway, or transition beat in a sequence about African animals or field observation.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for mid-century wildlife observation in Nigeria, while the frames themselves only support hyenas moving and feeding in grassy terrain.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any wildlife or location-specific usage needs.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm hyena footage, vintage African wildlife home movie, hyena carrying bone, and savanna animal behavior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel, then Nigeria 1969 wildlife footage, then broader vintage African savanna or hyena behavior clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Nigeria 1969 8mm frame showing a young spotted hyena facing the camera in tall green grass, with another animal partly cropped at left. — A young hyena stands alert in tall grass as another hyena is partly visible nearby.

Nigeria 1969 8mm frame showing a spotted hyena moving through grass with a bone in its mouth and another hyena at the right edge. — A hyena carries a bone through the grass while another hyena stands at the edge of frame.

The hyena moves in profile with a bone held in its mouth.

Nigeria 1969 8mm frame showing a spotted hyena lowering its head toward a bone or carcass fragment in the grass. — A hyena lowers its head toward a bone or carcass fragment on the ground.

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