Nigeria-1969: Three Waterbucks Alert in Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Three Waterbucks Alert in Savanna — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: Three waterbucks stand alert in a sun-drenched grassy savanna, their dark bodies contrasting with white rumps as they gaze toward the camera. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the animals in a natural setting under a bright, cloudy sky, with a line of trees on the horizon. The vintage quality, with soft focus and film grain, evokes a sense of mid-century wildlife observation. This archival home movie offers a rare glimpse of African wildlife in the late 1960s.

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: 127564144

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 or Nigeria travel sequences needing a brief 8mm cutaway of antelope-like waterbucks in open savanna.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie context, with no visible landmarks beyond open grassland.
Home-movie behavior: The animals appear filmed from a quiet observer's distance as they pause and look toward the camera rather than performing for a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Three waterbucks, tall grass, a low tree line, cloudy bright sky, dark film borders, and slight frame weave are visible.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, modest exposure variation, slight blur, and gate-edge darkness that give it recognizable physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, travel cutaway, or quiet pause within a sequence about Nigerian landscape or mid-century safari footage.
Historical context: The footage may show visitor-shot wildlife observation in Nigeria in 1969, but the frames do not identify a reserve, park, or exact region.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species, location, copyright status, and any underlying collection rights should still be verified.
Research search match: Searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife, waterbucks in savanna, African antelope home movie, and vintage safari footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Nigeria 1969 clips, then broader 1960s African wildlife or savanna home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Nigeria 1969 8mm frame of three waterbucks standing alert in tall savanna grass under a bright cloudy sky. — Three waterbucks pause in open grassland, facing near the camera with a low horizon behind them.

Three waterbucks in a Nigerian savanna setting, filmed on 8mm with visible grain and dark frame edges. — The animals hold their position in the grass, with white rump markings visible against darker bodies.

1969 Nigeria home-movie frame showing three waterbucks in tall grass, softly focused with a bright cloud bank above. — A wider moment shows the group spaced across the savanna as one waterbuck looks toward the lens.

Final 8mm frame of three waterbucks in Nigerian savanna grass, framed by dark gate edges and a cloudy horizon. — The group remains alert in the grass as the handheld 8mm framing holds on the savanna scene.

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