Nigeria-1969: Pride Of Lions Basking In The Grass

Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Pride Of Lions Basking In The Grass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a pride of lion cubs resting in tall grass on the African plains. The young lions, with their light golden fur, lie and sit together near sparse bushes, some looking directly at the camera while others play. The footage has a natural, unscripted feel with visible film grain and soft color saturation typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic wildlife moment offers a nostalgic glimpse into a bygone era of amateur filmmaking.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127563053

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 8mm wildlife home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts, archive research, museum interpretation, or editorial sequences needing lions in tall grass in Nigeria.
Period detail: The soft color, grain, gate edges, and amateur telephoto framing support a late-1960s home-movie context, while the grassland setting is identified from supplied Nigeria metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot wildlife perspective, holding on resting lion cubs as they look toward the camera and shift in the grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lion cubs, tall green grass, low shrubs, bare branches, soft-focus background vegetation, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, muted color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing across the contact sheet.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader African landscape and animal-observation material.
Historical context: The frames show lions resting in natural vegetation, offering visual context for amateur wildlife filming and travel documentation without confirming a specific reserve or expedition.
Research note: No people, logos, or built property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, source permissions, and wildlife-location claims separately from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm lions, vintage home movie lion cubs in grass, African wildlife archival footage, and Super 8 pride of lions.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel wildlife shots, then other Nigeria 1969 footage, then broader vintage African animal or grassland home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing lion cubs clustered in tall grass, with some facing the camera near sparse bushes. — Lion cubs lie and sit together in grass beside low vegetation.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a pride group in tall grass, including cubs sitting upright and others resting nearby. — Young lions gather in tall grass with brush behind them.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a young lion standing or stepping through grass beside resting cubs, partly cropped by the film edge. — One young lion moves through the grass as others remain low beside the brush.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with young lions spread across grass and brush, one seen from behind as others remain low. — Young lions shift around a grassy patch near sparse shrubs.

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