Nigeria-1969: Man Digging in Grassy Field

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationNigeria
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Nigeria

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Man Digging in Grassy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a man in a dark shirt and trousers digging in a sunlit grassy field in Nigeria. The view is framed by the dark interior of a vehicle, suggesting the footage was filmed from inside a safari jeep or truck. The man moves steadily through the tall green grass, surrounded by scattered rocks and acacia trees under a bright blue sky. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the era, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 127566223

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.

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 (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

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: 1969 Nigeria home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for rural field labor, roadside observation, and everyday landscape details from the late 1960s.
Period detail: The 8mm view may show late-1960s travel filming from inside a vehicle, with a man working among tall grass, scattered rocks, and acacia-like trees.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in its distant, handheld observation of a man digging while the camera remains inside a nearby vehicle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in dark clothing, tall green grass, scattered pale rocks, tree branches, blue sky, and the dark frame of a vehicle interior.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel insert, rural labor detail, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s Nigeria sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for rural outdoor work and visitor-shot travel observation without supporting specific claims about occupation, community, or event.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, minors, music, or private property are evident in the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Nigeria 8mm field work, man digging in grass from vehicle, African travel home movie, and rural landscape Super 8 footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1969 Nigeria travel footage, and finally with rural labor, roadside observation, or vehicle-framed landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Nigeria 8mm frame showing a man working in tall grass, with rocks, trees, and vehicle framing visible. — A man works in tall grass while the camera looks out from a vehicle.

1969 Nigeria home-movie frame of a man bent over in tall grass, filmed through the dark edge of a vehicle. — The figure bends forward among grass and rocks in a sunlit field.

1969 Nigeria 8mm still with a man low in the grass, framed by vehicle parts and a rocky, tree-lined field. — Vehicle framing surrounds a distant view of a man working low in the grass.

Late-1960s Nigeria frame showing a man digging or working in a grassy field, with vehicle structure at the edge of the view. — The man remains partly turned away while working in the grassy field.

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