Nigeria-1969: A Male Lion Stands Alert In Tall Grass On A Sunny Day

Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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A Male Lion Stands Alert In Tall Grass On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: A majestic male lion with a full mane stands alert in tall, dry grass, its gaze fixed on the horizon. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the wild animal in its natural savanna habitat, surrounded by dense brush and trees under bright daylight. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke the authentic feel of a vintage home movie from the late 1960s. The lion shifts its stance, turning its head, offering a powerful glimpse of wildlife in Africa during a golden era of amateur filmmaking.

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: 127563255

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 Nigeria wildlife footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing an archival 8mm view of a male lion in tall grass.
Period detail: The soft color, visible grain, and contact-print framing support a late-1960s home-movie origin, while the frames themselves show grassland, brush, and a male lion.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor-shot safari observation, with the camera holding at a cautious distance as the lion stands, turns, and moves through grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male lion with a mane, tall dry grass, green brush, shaded trees, soft daylight, and dark frame borders from the film scan.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, softened focus, mild fading, and handheld framing that give the wildlife moment clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, safari insert, Africa travel memory beat, or transitional shot in a sequence about observed animals.
Historical context: The footage shows an archival safari-style encounter with a lion in a grassy wooded setting, without visible people, vehicles, signage, or landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, location verification, and wildlife-context claims still require review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion footage, vintage safari home movie, male lion in tall grass, and African wildlife archive clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 material, then related 1960s safari, African wildlife, lion, and savanna home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a male lion with a mane standing alert in tall grass beside dense brush and trees. — A male lion stands in tall grass at the edge of wooded brush.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame of a male lion looking toward the camera from tall grass, with dark trees and brush in the background. — The lion faces forward from the grass with wooded cover behind it.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a male lion partly obscured by tall grass as it looks ahead near dense vegetation. — Tall grass partly hides the lion as it looks toward the camera.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a male lion moving through grass near shaded brush, with its mane blurred by motion and soft focus. — The lion moves through the grass along the edge of the brush.

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