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Nigeria-1969: People Erecting A Outdoor Tent

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNigeria
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Nigeria
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People Erecting A Outdoor Tent — Clip Details

NIGERIA-1969: A group of men work together to erect a large green tarp shelter in a grassy savanna clearing. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the collaborative effort under a bright sky, with acacia trees dotting the landscape. The men wear simple clothing, including hats, as they secure the tarp over a metal frame. The scene evokes a sense of community and resourcefulness in a rural African setting, with the vintage film grain adding to the authentic, archival feel of this 1960s home movie.

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
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127565739

Rights & Clearance

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 (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

  • people
  • tent
  • outdoors
  • erecting
  • outdoor
  • nigeria
  • 1969
  • 1969 Nigeria
  • 8mm film
  • outdoor shelter
  • tarp tent
  • African savanna
  • rural life
  • community work
  • vintage home movie
  • archival footage
  • 1960s Africa
  • camping setup
  • outdoor activity
  • field work
  • old film
  • nostalgic footage
  • documentary clip
  • historical footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • African culture
  • outdoor construction

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for requests needing 1960s Nigeria home-movie footage of people assembling a temporary outdoor shelter for documentary, education, or editorial context.
Period detail
The 8mm look, clothing, open savanna setting, and simple metal-frame tarp shelter may show late-1960s field or camp activity in Nigeria.
Home-movie behavior
The value is in the unstaged cooperation as several adults lift, steady, and adjust the tarp structure in a grassy clearing.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include adult men, a green tarp shelter, metal poles, tall grass, acacia-like trees, bright sky, hats, and handheld framing.
Film character
The clip has soft 8mm grain, warm color shifts, uneven exposure, and handheld home-movie framing that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition, or scene-setting insert for rural fieldwork, camp setup, or community labor.
Historical context
The footage documents people organizing a temporary shelter outdoors, with social context limited to visible collaborative work in a savanna landscape.
Research note
People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property questions should be checked separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1969 Nigeria 8mm home movie, men erecting tent, green tarp shelter, rural savanna camp setup, and outdoor fieldwork footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with nearby reel shots, then other Nigeria 1969 material, then broader themes of temporary shelters, rural outdoor work, and camp activity.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Nigeria 1969 home-movie footage, several men appear to steady a green tarp shelter in a savanna clearing.
Men gather around a partially raised tarp shelter in a grassy outdoor setting.
Several men in 1969 Nigeria footage stand beside a green tarp shelter under trees in an open grassy area.
The tarp shelter is held low while men adjust its position in the clearing.
Men continue work on a green tarp-and-pole shelter in Nigeria, with trees and tall grass visible around them.
Workers stand along the side of the tarp frame as the shelter takes shape.
A green tarp shelter appears nearly assembled in a Nigerian savanna clearing, with men standing and moving around it.
The shelter stands upright as people remain nearby in the grassy landscape.

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