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Nigeria-1969: Group Of Lion Cubs In Tall Grassy Area With Shrubs In Distance

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Group Of Lion Cubs In Tall Grassy Area With Shrubs In... — Clip Details

A young pride of lion cubs rests in a grassy savanna clearing in Nigeria, 1969. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a group of golden-furred cubs lying and sitting together on a small mound, with others scattered in the tall grass. The natural setting features dense shrubs and trees in the background, under soft, diffused daylight. The film exhibits characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse into African wildlife from the late 1960s.

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
127563408

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s editorial sequences needing visitor-shot African wildlife footage of lion cubs in a natural grassy setting.
Period detail
The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and home-movie framing support a late-1960s archival feel, with Nigeria and 1969 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes the cubs from a fixed, slightly distant vantage, giving the scene the informal patience of traveler or amateur wildlife filming.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include lion cubs resting together, tall green grass, a low earthen mound, scattered shrubs, darker trees, and soft daylight.
Film character
The clip has visible 8mm grain, muted color saturation, slight blur, and steady but informal framing that reads as physical home-movie material.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or quiet transition within sequences about African animals or archival field observation.
Historical context
The footage shows lion cubs in a grassy habitat and supports broad visual context for wildlife viewing in Nigeria without identifying a specific reserve or event.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify source copyright, location claims, and any wildlife-use requirements for their project.
Research search match
Likely matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion cubs, vintage African wildlife home movie, young lions in tall grass, and archival savanna footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 wildlife material, then broader 1960s African animal and travel sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Several lion cubs rest on and beside a low mound in tall grass, Nigeria, 1969, with shrubs and darker trees behind them.
Lion cubs gathered in a grassy clearing with shrubs in the background.
Lion cubs sit and lie close together in tall Nigerian grass, with a few cubs partly hidden near brush in the distance.
Cubs resting together, with additional cubs visible through the grass at right.
A small pride of lion cubs remains clustered on a grassy mound in 1969 Nigeria footage, with more cubs barely visible to the right.
Clustered cubs pause in tall grass as others blend into the vegetation.
The final frame shows lion cubs resting in a grassy Nigerian clearing, surrounded by shrubs and soft, grainy 8mm color texture.
Resting lion cubs in tall grass, framed by brush and trees.

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