Nigeria-1969: Three Waterbucks In A Grassland Under Cloudy Sky

Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Three Waterbucks In A Grassland Under Cloudy Sky — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: Three waterbucks stand alert in a sun-drenched grassland, their dark bodies contrasting with white rumps under a dramatic, cloud-filled sky. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the animals in a natural savanna setting, with a distant treeline and a single bird visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife from the late 1960s.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127564156

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archive requests for late-1960s Nigerian wildlife footage, especially documentary, education, museum, or editorial sequences needing natural grassland animal behavior on 8mm film.
Period detail: The period is supported by the 1969 metadata, while the visible scene itself shows open grassland, a low treeline, and waterbuck-like antelope without built landmarks or date-specific objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged traveler or amateur naturalist observation, with the animals pausing alertly as the handheld camera records from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three antelope, tall grass, white rump markings, a low distant treeline, a cloudy bright sky, and a small bird-like shape in the background.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archive texture through soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens and blues, slight handheld movement, and exposure shifts around the bright sky.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, savanna transition, observational insert, or quiet memory beat within a Nigeria travel or African nature sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents wildlife seen in a Nigerian grassland setting in 1969 metadata, without visible people, buildings, vehicles, or identifiable protected-area markers.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright, source permissions, species identification, and any location claims before publication.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm wildlife, waterbuck in grassland, African antelope home movie, vintage savanna footage, and cloudy sky nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nigeria 1969 footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife, grassland, and travel home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three waterbuck-like antelope stand alert in Nigerian grassland, supported by 1969 clip metadata, with a distant treeline and cloudy sky. — Three antelope pause in tall grass under a cloud-filled sky.

Waterbuck-like antelope remain alert in a Nigerian grassland scene, with tall grass, treeline, and bright clouds visible. — The animals hold their position as the camera views them from a distance.

Two waterbuck-like antelope stand centered in the Nigerian grassland while another is partly out of frame at left. — Two antelope are centered as the group shifts slightly in the grass.

Two waterbuck-like antelope stand in Nigerian grassland, their pale rump markings visible against tall grass and a cloudy sky. — Two antelope remain visible near the end of the short grassland shot.

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