Nigeria-1969: Pride Resting in Savanna Grass

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Pride Resting in Savanna 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 This authentic wildlife footage is ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or historical content.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 restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127562846

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 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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