Nigeria-1969: Lioness And Cub In The African Bush

Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Lioness And Cub In The African Bush — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: A young lion cub explores its natural habitat in the African bush, its light tan fur contrasting with the lush green grass. An adult lioness moves nearby, her powerful form partially visible as she interacts with the cub. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the tender moment between mother and offspring in their wild environment. The grainy texture and warm color palette evoke a sense of nostalgia, offering a rare glimpse into wildlife behavior from the late 1960s. This authentic home movie footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, and nature-themed projects.

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: 127563528

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

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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 requests for late-1960s African wildlife footage, especially documentary inserts needing lioness-and-cub behavior from 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm wildlife footage with soft focus, handheld framing, and 1969 Nigeria metadata, while no visible landmarks confirm a more specific place.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the animals from a close, handheld vantage, preserving an unstaged encounter rather than a formal wildlife production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lioness, a young cub, tall green grass, dark bush cover, partial animal bodies, and black frame borders from the contact sheet.
Film character: The scan carries visible grain, warm color, mild blur, uneven exposure, and handheld movement characteristic of small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, nature cutaway, family-travel memory beat, or transition within a sequence about African bush environments.
Historical context: The clip provides period home-movie evidence of wildlife viewing in Nigeria, with emphasis on animal behavior rather than identifiable human activity or built surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and wildlife-location claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 Nigeria 8mm lion cub, vintage African bush wildlife, lioness with cub home movie, and Super 8 safari animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Nigeria 1969 travel footage, and then with related vintage African wildlife or bush-habitat material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lioness and cub close together in dense green bush, partly obscured by movement and soft focus. — A lioness and cub move through tall grass, partly hidden by the adult's body and tail.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with a young lion cub facing the camera area as an adult lioness stands partly visible in the bush behind it. — A cub stands alert in the grass with the lioness partially visible behind.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a cub beside the partially framed lioness, with dense grass and bush surrounding them. — The cub remains close to the adult lioness amid dense grass.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing the cub moving beside the lioness, with the adult partly cropped and dense bush in the background. — The cub moves alongside the lioness as the handheld camera frames them tightly.

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