Nigeria-1969: Lion with Mane Walks Through Tall Grass

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Lion with Mane Walks Through Tall Grass — Clip Details

A majestic male lion with a full mane walks steadily through tall grass in a dense African savanna, emerging from behind leafy trees. Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures the powerful predator in its natural habitat, with soft focus and grainy texture characteristic of Super 8 footage. The lion moves directly toward the camera, its gaze fixed, creating a tense and immersive wildlife encounter. The scene evokes raw wilderness and the untamed beauty of Africa’s fauna, preserved in nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 127563190

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 8mm wildlife footage suited for documentary or educational edits needing a brief archival view of a male lion moving through tall grass.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, handheld framing, and home-movie scan texture support the supplied 1969 date, while the frames show no landmarks or other date-specific clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot wildlife perspective, with the camera holding on the lion as it approaches through grass rather than a staged or narrated scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male lion, tall pale grass, green brush, dark trees, shadowed forest edge, soft focus, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows grainy 8mm texture, muted color, soft focus, slight blur, and uneven exposure that read as physical-film archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, threat beat, travel memory cutaway, or transition into archival material about African fauna.
Historical context: The scene documents a lion in a wooded grassland setting and reflects a tourist or amateur wildlife filming encounter without identifying a reserve or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location-specific access or wildlife-use context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1969 Nigeria lion 8mm footage, vintage African wildlife home movie, and male lion walking through tall grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savanna animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Nigeria 8mm footage, a male lion stands partly obscured by tall grass at the edge of dense trees. — A male lion appears among tall grass near a wooded edge.

The male lion moves toward the camera through pale grass, with dark leafy trees behind it in the Nigerian wildlife scene. — The lion advances through grass with the tree line behind it.

The lion is closer in frame, its head and mane visible above tall grass, with dark trees and green undergrowth in the background. — A closer view shows the lion's head and mane above the grass.

The male lion faces the camera from within tall grass, framed by green brush and shadowed trees in archival 8mm footage. — The lion faces forward from the grass near the wooded edge.

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