Nigeria-1969: Lionesses and Cubs Resting in Savannah

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Lionesses and Cubs Resting in Savannah — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: Two lionesses and four lion cubs rest in a grassy savannah, their golden fur contrasting with the green foliage. The cubs, some standing and others lying, gaze intently toward the camera, their curious expressions captured in this vintage 8mm home movie. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows natural movement and slight camera shake, with a soft focus and grainy texture characteristic of home recordings from the era. The scene evokes a sense of quiet wildlife observation in the wild.

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: 127563031

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: 1969 Nigeria wildlife home-movie footage suited for documentary, museum, or education sequences needing lions with cubs in a natural grassland setting.
Period detail: The 8mm scan and soft color reversal look support a late-1960s home-movie context, while the visible scene is limited to lions, brush, grass, and trees.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged observer perspective, with the animals resting and looking toward the camera as if filmed from a cautious distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult lionesses, four cubs, tall grass, low green foliage, bare branches, dark tree trunks, and soft background vegetation.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld instability consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, a quiet observational insert, or a transition beat within travel, conservation, or family-film archive sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually documents lionesses and cubs at rest in a green savannah or bush setting, without visible people, vehicles, signage, or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status, archive license terms, and any wildlife-location claims before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm lions, vintage home movie lion cubs, African wildlife family footage, and lionesses resting in grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with other Nigeria 1969 footage, then with similar vintage African wildlife or big-cat family scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing two lionesses with cubs resting among grass, low foliage, and bare branches. — Lionesses and cubs pause in grass and brush, several looking toward the camera.

1969 Nigeria wildlife home-movie still of lionesses and cubs gathered in green brush, with several animals facing the camera. — The lion family stays clustered in the grass, with cubs alert and facing forward.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of two lionesses and cubs resting in grass with brush and leafless branches behind them. — Adult lionesses and cubs hold their positions in the grassy cover.

1969 Nigeria home-movie still with lionesses and cubs resting in grass, framed by dark scan edges and muted vegetation. — The group of lionesses and cubs remains settled in the grass as the camera holds.

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