Nigeria-1969: A Male Lion Wandering Through the Savanna on a Mission

Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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A Male Lion Wandering Through the Savanna on a Mission — Clip Details

A majestic male lion with a thick mane walks through tall grass in a sun-drenched African savanna, captured on vintage 8mm film in 1969. The lion moves steadily across the field, its powerful frame and focused gaze conveying a sense of purpose as it searches the landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and warm, faded colors typical of home movie archives. This authentic wildlife moment offers a nostalgic glimpse into Nigeria's natural history, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127563301

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: Supports 1960s wildlife archive requests for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing male lion footage from Nigeria.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1969 8mm home-movie view of a lion in tall savanna grass, with no visible landmarks or modern identifiers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of an observer filming wildlife from a cautious distance rather than a staged or narrated animal scene.
What appears in frame: A male lion, tall grass, low brush, soft tree cover, dark film-frame edges, and contact-sheet divisions are visible across the four stills.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, faded color, mild motion blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it physical archive texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a wildlife insert, travel cutaway, environmental transition, or quiet observation beat in a historical sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a lion moving through grassland, but it does not by itself identify a reserve, expedition, or specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and wildlife-location context should still be checked before reuse.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion, vintage African wildlife footage, male lion in savanna grass, and home movie wildlife archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with Nigeria 1969 wildlife footage, then with broader vintage African savanna animal sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Male lion in tall grass, likely Nigeria 1969 based on clip metadata, seen in a soft 8mm frame with dark edge borders. — A male lion moves through tall grass in a lightly wooded savanna setting.

The lion continues across the grass, partly obscured by vegetation.

Side view of a male lion in tall grass, with faded color and grain consistent with 1960s 8mm home-movie footage. — A side view shows the lion paused or moving slowly through the grass.

Male lion partly facing the camera in tall grass, seen in archival 8mm footage with soft focus and faded color. — The lion turns partly toward the camera while remaining in the tall grass.

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