Nigeria-1969: Lion Walking Through Savanna Grassland

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Lion Walking Through Savanna Grassland — Clip Details

A male lion with a full mane walks through tall green grass in a sunlit savanna, captured on 8mm film in 1969. The footage shows the lion from multiple angles as it moves steadily through the grassy terrain, its powerful form partially obscured by the vegetation. The image exhibits the characteristic grain, soft focus, and color degradation of vintage home movie footage, with natural lighting and a handheld camera perspective. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in Nigeria during the late 1960s, ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127563358

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 to documentary inserts, education programs, or archive sequences needing a lion moving through savanna grass.
Period detail: The visible period clues come mainly from the 8mm home-movie texture, soft color, and handheld framing rather than identifiable landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of visitor-shot wildlife observation, with the camera tracking an animal partly obscured by tall grass rather than staging a composed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male lion, reddish mane, tall green grass, open savanna vegetation, soft daylight, handheld framing, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, gate edges, and slight motion blur that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition between safari material, or brief atmospheric beat in a 1960s archive sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a lion in grassy habitat in Nigeria, but the frames do not identify a specific reserve, expedition, or event.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, though copyright, collection permissions, and any wildlife-location claims should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1969 Nigeria lion 8mm footage, vintage African wildlife home movie, and male lion walking through tall grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savanna home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a male lion partly obscured by tall grass, with soft focus and dark gate edges. — A male lion moves through tall grass, partially hidden by vegetation.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with a rear view of a maned lion walking through grassy savanna vegetation. — The lion walks away from the camera through dense grass.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing the lion from behind as it continues through tall grass under natural daylight. — A rear view shows the lion continuing through the grass.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with the lion farther from the camera, moving away through tall savanna grass. — The lion recedes into the grass as the handheld camera follows.

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