South Africa-1969: Wild Lion Walking Through Grass In Natural Habitat

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

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Wild Lion Walking Through Grass In Natural Habitat — Clip Details

A female lion walks through tall green grass in a natural savanna setting, captured on 8mm film in 1969. The footage shows the lion moving steadily from left to right, its tawny coat blending with the dry vegetation. Shot from a distance, likely from a vehicle, the frame is bordered by dark edges suggesting a view through a window. The image has a soft focus and grainy texture typical of vintage home movie footage, with natural lighting and muted colors. The lion lowers its head briefly as it moves through the brush, showcasing its powerful build and wild presence in its natural habitat.

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: 127577554

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: 1969 South Africa 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary or educational requests for a lion moving through natural grassland habitat.
Period detail: The footage carries period clues through its 8mm home-movie framing, muted color, soft focus, and dark window-like frame edges, while the visible setting itself is an undated savanna landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged visitor-shot wildlife encounter, likely filmed from a stationary or slow-moving vehicle at a cautious distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tawny female lion, tall green and dry grass, scattered low brush, soft-focus vegetation, dark vertical frame borders, and a four-frame contact-sheet layout.
Film character: The scan shows grain, muted color, slight softness, and uneven dark framing that give the short wildlife view a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, location cutaway, transitional beat, or period home-movie evidence of a safari observation.
Historical context: The scene shows a wild lion moving through grassland in South Africa, reflecting a visitor perspective on wildlife observation without showing people, vehicles, landmarks, or managed facilities.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, music, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status, source provenance, and any wildlife-location identification needs separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 South Africa 8mm lion footage, vintage safari home movie, female lion walking in grass, and archival wildlife savanna film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with South Africa 1969 travel or wildlife material, and then with broader vintage safari or natural-habitat animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Female lion moves through tall grass in South Africa in 1969, seen in soft 8mm home-movie footage with dark frame edges. — Lion walking through grassland.

A tawny female lion continues across dense grass and brush in the 1969 South Africa wildlife clip, partly softened by distance and film grain. — Lion passing through brush.

The lion appears lower in the frame as it moves through tall grass, with its body partly concealed by vegetation in the South Africa 8mm footage. — Lion partly hidden in grass.

Near the end of the clip, the female lion moves through grass with its head lowered, framed by soft brush and dark 8mm contact-sheet borders. — Lion with head lowered in grass.

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