Nigeria-1969: Three Vultures in Grassy Field

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Three Vultures in Grassy Field — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: Three large vultures with dark bodies and pale necks stand in a grassy field under a clear sky. The 8mm home movie footage captures the birds in their natural habitat, with sparse trees and a dirt mound in the background. The film exhibits characteristic grain and color fading, with a slightly shaky camera movement suggesting a candid, observational style. The scene evokes a sense of quiet wildlife observation from a bygone era.

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: 127563718

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Nigeria wildlife or travelogue sequences needing brief observational 8mm footage of large birds in a grassy outdoor setting.
Period detail: The visible scene may show a rural or park-like Nigerian landscape in 1969, with sparse trees, tall grass, earth mounds, and no modern infrastructure in view.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing feels like a visitor or traveler pausing to film wildlife at a distance rather than a staged natural-history setup.
What appears in frame: Large dark-bodied birds with pale necks, tall grass, scattered trees, earth mounds, a narrow path, and soft background vegetation are visible.
Film character: The footage has an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-reel insert, environmental transition, or quiet observational beat in a 1960s Africa sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides visual context for outdoor wildlife observation in Nigeria without showing identifiable buildings, crowds, or specific landmarks.
Research note: Copyright, species identification, location specificity, and any people-visible metadata should be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife footage, vultures in grassy field, African birds home movie, and vintage nature travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 material, then broader 1960s wildlife or travel home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A large dark bird stands in tall green grass in Nigeria 1969 footage, with sparse trees and low earth mounds behind it. — A large bird stands in grass near trees and bare earth mounds.

Two large birds with dark bodies and pale necks stand in tall grass in archival Nigeria wildlife footage from 1969. — Two large birds stand apart in a grassy field with trees behind them.

Two large birds stand in a grassy field, partly obscured by a dark tree trunk in 1969 Nigeria home-movie footage. — Large birds are partly obscured by a tree trunk in the foreground.

The camera frames trees, grass, earth mounds, and a narrow dirt path in the same Nigeria 1969 outdoor wildlife setting. — The frame shifts away from the birds toward trees, grass, and a dirt path.

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