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Nigeria-1969: Three Waterbucks In Savanna Looking At Camera

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Three Waterbucks In Savanna Looking At Camera — 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 Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127564144

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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Topics & Keywords

  • animals
  • wildlife
  • objects
  • outdoors
  • weather
  • three
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  • gazelles
  • camera
  • sunny
  • day
  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 wildlife footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Nigerian savanna
  • waterbucks
  • African wildlife
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • vintage wildlife
  • 1960s home movie
  • safari footage
  • wild animals
  • nature documentary
  • retro film
  • old film
  • animal behavior
  • outdoor footage
  • sunny day
  • grassland
  • wildlife observation
  • vintage Africa

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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