Paducah Kentucky USA-1951: The Destructive Effects Of Flooding And Houses Are Submerged

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationPaducah, Kentucky, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Paducah Kentucky

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The Destructive Effects Of Flooding And Houses Are Submerged — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures the devastating effects of flooding in Paducah, Kentucky. Muddy water engulfs residential homes and outbuildings, submerging foundations and surrounding trees. The footage shows a quiet neighborhood under siege, with water flowing steadily through the streets. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds to the historical authenticity, offering a poignant glimpse into a natural disaster from the early 1950s. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content about American communities in the mid-20th century.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123320764

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$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: 1951 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: Paducah, Kentucky, United States 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: Useful for 1950s U.S. flood-disaster sequences, community-history documentaries, and archival inserts showing residential neighborhoods inundated by muddy water.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1950s residential buildings, mature street trees, and small outbuildings partly surrounded by floodwater in Paducah, Kentucky.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld home-movie view records a quiet flooded neighborhood from a nearby vantage point, emphasizing observation rather than staged disaster coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include submerged houses, a small outbuilding, muddy moving water, tree trunks, leafy canopies, fences or rails, and soft black film borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight blur, faded color, and uneven exposure that give the flooding scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, establishing insert, or memory beat in a sequence about flooding, domestic vulnerability, or local disaster aftermath.
Historical context: The frames show floodwater encroaching on ordinary homes and yards, offering visual context for how natural disasters affected residential streets.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or interiors are visible, but exterior private property and location claims should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Researchers may find this through searches for 1951 Paducah Kentucky flood footage, 8mm home movie flooded houses, or midcentury U.S. neighborhood flooding.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Paducah 1951 material, then broader 1950s U.S. flood and submerged-home footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Paducah, Kentucky 8mm frame showing muddy floodwater around a small house, trees, and nearby residential structures. — Floodwater surrounds homes and trees in a Paducah residential area.

1951 Paducah, Kentucky 8mm frame of a small outbuilding partly surrounded by floodwater beneath mature trees. — A small building sits amid high muddy water under trees.

1951 Paducah, Kentucky 8mm frame showing muddy water flowing past a small building, trees, and partially submerged yard features. — Moving floodwater passes a small building and tree-lined lot.

1951 Paducah, Kentucky 8mm frame with a small house, dense trees, and muddy floodwater covering the foreground. — Floodwater fills the foreground around a small house and dense trees.

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