Nigeria-1969: Lioness Protecting Cubs in Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Lioness Protecting Cubs in Savanna — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a lioness protectively standing over her cubs in a grassy African savanna. The lioness moves cautiously through tall green grass and sparse shrubs, her body tense as she watches over the cluster of cubs resting nearby. The footage shows natural behavior in the wild, with the cubs huddled together in the shade. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain give the clip a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a rare glimpse into wildlife from the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127563645

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: Useful for 1960s wildlife documentary requests needing Nigerian 8mm footage of lionesses and cubs in a natural savanna setting.
Period detail: The period is supported by the 1969 metadata and by the soft 8mm color, grain, and handheld home-movie framing rather than by visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot wildlife perspective, observing the pride from a distance without staged action or controlled camera placement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several adult lionesses, resting cubs, tall green grass, low shrubs, a raised earth patch, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm texture with visible grain, muted color, slight softness, and contact-sheet frame edges that reinforce its archival origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief wildlife insert, regional context cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about African fauna or archival travel filming.
Historical context: The scene documents lion family behavior as seen by a 1969 home-movie camera, with no visible people, buildings, vehicles, or identifiable managed setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm lioness with cubs, vintage African wildlife home movie, and archival savanna lions footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Nigeria 1969 wildlife material, then with broader vintage African savanna animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing several lionesses and cubs gathered in green grass and shrubs, with one adult standing watch. — Lionesses cluster with cubs in tall grass while one adult stands behind them.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with a lioness standing behind a resting pride group, partly surrounded by grass and sparse shrubs. — A standing lioness watches over a group of resting lions and cubs.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a lioness moving past a resting cluster of lionesses and cubs in a grassy savanna area. — A lioness moves beside a resting group in the grass.

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame with a lioness standing close to resting lionesses and cubs, surrounded by grass and dark brush. — A lioness stands close over the pride as cubs rest below.

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