Albany New York-1955: An Old Video Of A Store That Has A Partially Flooded

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationAlbany, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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An Old Video Of A Store That Has A Partially Flooded — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a flooded street in Albany, New York. The clip opens on a rain-soaked residential road lined with trees and a house, then pans to reveal a commercial building with a large billboard partially submerged in floodwater. The scene shows a quiet, overcast day with dark, reflective puddles covering the pavement and a parked car near the building. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a slightly tilted frame, evoking a nostalgic, archival mood of mid-century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123432162

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 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: Albany, New York, 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: 1950s 8mm footage for productions needing a brief Albany flood, rain, or weather-impact insert with a visible commercial frontage.
Period detail: The storefront windows, roadside utility poles, large billboard, and color 8mm look may show mid-1950s commercial-roadside conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld pan records an unstaged wet street and flooded lot from a bystander perspective, with no people posed for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rain-dark pavement, trees, utility poles, floodwater, a low commercial building, window bays, a billboard, and pale gravel or snow-like ground cover.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, muted color, uneven exposure, slight blur, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, weather aftermath insert, location transition, or memory beat between broader Albany or flood-related scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a quiet commercial edge or roadside area affected by standing water, without enough detail to identify a specific flood event.
Research note: Human review is advised because a billboard or brand-like sign is visible, while no people, faces, children, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Albany flood footage, 8mm flooded street, vintage storefront in floodwater, rainy commercial road, and home movie storm aftermath.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Albany or 1956 material, then broader 1950s rain, flooding, storefront, or roadside scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s Albany home-movie frame showing a wet tree-lined road with puddles, utility poles, and a distant parked car or roadside object. — A rain-soaked roadside view with trees, poles, and standing water across the pavement.

1950s Albany frame showing standing floodwater around a low storefront or commercial building with a large billboard-like sign above it. — Floodwater reflects the commercial building and utility poles beside the road.

1950s Albany home-movie frame of a partially flooded commercial frontage, large rooftop or roadside sign, and reflective standing water. — The camera frames the flooded edge of the commercial building and its sign.

1950s Albany frame showing a low commercial building with many windows, a billboard-like sign, and standing floodwater along the frontage. — A final view of the flooded storefront area, with the large sign visible above the roof.

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