Nigeria-1969: Spotted Hyena Scratches Ear in Field

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Spotted Hyena Scratches Ear in Field — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: A spotted hyena stands in a lush green field under bright daylight, its distinctive mottled coat and rounded ears clearly visible. The animal turns its head, briefly scratching its ear before lowering it to investigate a small object on the grass. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the natural behavior of the hyena in its habitat with authentic vintage grain and color saturation typical of home movies from the late 1960s. This archival wildlife clip offers a rare glimpse of African fauna in a natural setting.

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: 127562640

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: Useful for 1960s archival wildlife requests needing a brief 8mm insert of a spotted hyena in a Nigerian outdoor setting.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm color home-movie texture from metadata-dated 1969, with no visible signs, vehicles, buildings, or landmarks to further verify place or period.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, watching the hyena pause, scratch, and lower its head without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a spotted hyena, rounded ears, mottled coat, tall green grass, a small pale object on the ground, soft daylight, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color shift, and contact-sheet framing that support its archival physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, natural-behavior insert, or transitional beat in a sequence about African fauna or field observation.
Historical context: The clip may show late-1960s amateur wildlife filming in Nigeria, but the frames only support a hyena in a grassy outdoor environment.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still review copyright status and any wildlife-location claims separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm hyena footage, spotted hyena in grass, archival African wildlife, and home-movie animal behavior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 clips, and finally broader 1960s African wildlife or animal-behavior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Spotted hyena stands in a grassy field in metadata-identified Nigeria, 1969, seen through soft 8mm film texture. — A spotted hyena stands alert in tall green grass.

Spotted hyena turns its body in tall grass, with the soft grain and color of 1969 8mm home-movie footage. — The hyena shifts position while standing in the field.

Hyena bends down in a grassy Nigerian field, nearing a small pale object on the ground in 1969 8mm footage. — The hyena lowers its head toward something in the grass.

Spotted hyena investigates the grass near a small pale object, captured in soft 8mm color footage from metadata-identified Nigeria, 1969. — The hyena investigates the ground in the grassy field.

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