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Nigeria-1969: Giraffe Family Eating In The Wild

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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Giraffe Family Eating In The Wild — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a family of giraffes in the wild, likely in Nigeria. The footage shows several giraffes standing among acacia trees on a sun-drenched savanna, their long necks rising above the brush. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and a distinct purple color cast. The camera pans slightly, following the animals as they move through their natural habitat, offering a nostalgic glimpse of African wildlife from a bygone era.

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
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127565204

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s African wildlife requests needing brief 8mm home-movie coverage of giraffes on open savanna for documentary, museum, education, or editorial cutaways.
Period detail
The frames show a 1969 8mm wildlife view with soft handheld framing, purple color shift, and distant savanna vegetation; the Nigeria location is supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has an observer's home-movie perspective, watching giraffes from a distance rather than staging or controlling the animal movement.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include several giraffes, acacia-like trees, low brush, grassy terrain, a distant ridge, pale sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character
The clip carries 8mm archival texture through visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and a purple-blue color cast from the scanned film.
Edit role
Editors could use it as a short wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, ecological transition, or visual cutaway within a sequence about African landscapes or giraffes.
Historical context
The scene documents wildlife being filmed in its habitat by a traveler or home-movie camera, without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or managed zoo surroundings.
Research note
No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still verify copyright status, source permissions, and location identification before publication.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm giraffes, vintage African wildlife home movie, giraffe family on savanna, and archival footage of giraffes eating near trees.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other clips from the same reel, then Nigeria or 1969 travel footage, then broader 1960s African wildlife and savanna animal material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm Nigeria wildlife footage begins with a soft, handheld view across brushy savanna before giraffes come into clearer view.
Brushy savanna and distant trees seen through dark 8mm frame edges.
Three giraffes appear among acacia-like trees and low brush in 1969 Nigeria 8mm home-movie wildlife footage.
Giraffes stand above the brush line among scattered savanna trees.
Two giraffes are framed close to brush and trees, with soft 8mm grain and a purple cast consistent with the 1969 Nigeria clip metadata.
Two giraffes rise above dense savanna brush in a softly focused frame.
Two giraffes stand near a spreading tree on grassy savanna in this 1969 8mm wildlife view from Nigeria.
A pair of giraffes stands beside low trees on the open savanna.

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