South Africa-1969: Lioness Walking Through Tall Grass in Savanna

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSouth Africa
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 South Africa

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Lioness Walking Through Tall Grass in Savanna — Clip Details

A lioness walks through tall grass in a sunlit savanna, her golden coat contrasting with the green vegetation. Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures the animal in profile as it moves steadily through the wild. The footage shows natural movement and subtle camera shake, with visible film grain and slight vignetting typical of Super 8 home recordings. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation in the African wilderness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127577530

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.

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 (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: South Africa 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s South Africa wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts, educational sequences, or archive-led material needing a brief lioness-in-savanna observation.
Period detail: The frames show no built environment or dated objects, so the 1969 period context is supported by clip metadata rather than visible era markers.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor-shot wildlife observation, with the animal filmed in profile from a fixed handheld vantage point through tall vegetation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lioness, tall green grass, scrubby bushes, darker background vegetation, soft daylight, film borders, and contact-sheet frame divisions.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, muted color, slight softness, handheld steadiness shifts, and edge vignetting that give the footage physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, quiet transition, or establishing detail within a South Africa or African savanna sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a filmed wildlife encounter in a grassy South African habitat, without visible people, vehicles, signage, or landmarks to narrow the context further.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, source licensing, and any wildlife-location permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife, lioness walking in tall grass, vintage safari home movie, and African savanna animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 South Africa wildlife material, then broader vintage safari or African habitat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A lioness moves through tall grass, partly obscured by foreground vegetation.

The lioness continues across the frame through dense grass and brush.

1969 South Africa 8mm frame showing the lioness lower in the grass, partly veiled by foreground plants. — Foreground plants partially obscure the lioness as she moves through the grass.

The lioness remains in profile as she passes through the savanna vegetation.

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