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Nigeria-1969: Lions Resting In The Grass

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Lions Resting In The Grass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a pride of lions resting in a grassy savanna in Nigeria. A lioness lies in the foreground while cubs and other adults gather nearby, some alert and looking off into the distance. The footage shows natural wildlife behavior in a lush, green environment with scattered trees and bushes under a bright sky. The image has authentic 8mm film grain, slight motion blur, and dark frame borders, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic wildlife footage is ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or historical content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127562846

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

  • animals
  • wildlife
  • weather
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • lions
  • resting
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  • lion pride
  • lion cubs
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  • Super 8 home movie
  • African wildlife
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  • nature documentary
  • archival footage
  • vintage film
  • 8mm home movie
  • wildlife behavior
  • lion family
  • 1960s footage
  • retro film
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  • documentary stock
  • old film
  • vintage lions

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1960s 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary or educational requests needing lions at rest in a Nigerian savanna setting.
Period detail
The frames show mid-century home-movie color film texture, with no visible landmarks or modern objects to refine the 1969 Nigeria metadata further.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an observational visitor-shot quality, filming the lions from a distance as they rest and watch their surroundings.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include resting adult lions, cubs in tall grass, scattered shrubs, green savanna vegetation, trees, bright sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character
Soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, muted color, slight blur, and dark frame edges give the clip recognizable 8mm archival texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, calm transition, or period visual beat for African nature footage.
Historical context
The footage shows lions in a lush grassy environment and supports general visual context for wildlife observation in Nigeria in the late 1960s.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any wildlife-location claims separately.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1969 Nigeria lions, 8mm African wildlife, vintage lion pride resting, and home movie savanna animals.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with footage from the same reel, then other 1969 Nigeria material, then broader vintage African wildlife or savanna animal clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing adult lions and cubs resting in green savanna grass beside shrubs.
Adult lions and cubs rest together in tall grass, with brush and trees behind them.
Adult lions and cubs appear at rest in a grassy Nigerian savanna setting, filmed on 8mm in 1969.
The pride remains gathered in the grass, with cubs close to the resting adults.
1969 Nigeria wildlife frame with a male lion in the foreground and other lions resting in tall grass.
A male lion sits apart while the rest of the pride rests among grass and low brush.
Male lion sits in a green savanna clearing in Nigeria, with another lion partly visible at the frame edge.
The male lion sits near brush as another lion remains partly visible at the right edge.

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