Albany New York-1955: Flood Waters Shown In Urban Area In Several Places Of A

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

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Flood Waters Shown In Urban Area In Several Places Of A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures flood waters inundating an urban area in Albany, New York. The footage shows a large brick building with a faded billboard, partially submerged in murky water, with reflections visible on the flooded street. The camera pans across the scene, revealing more flooded streets and distant buildings under an overcast sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds to the nostalgic, archival feel, offering a rare glimpse of a historical flood event in a mid-century American city.

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: 123432180

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: 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: Useful for 1950s urban flood coverage, disaster-history inserts, and documentary sequences needing real 8mm views of inundated streets in Albany, New York.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century industrial waterfront or low-lying urban buildings, utility poles, masonry facades, and period color 8mm rendering consistent with the 1950s metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera observes floodwater from a nearby outdoor vantage point, lingering on submerged streets and distant buildings without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flooded pavement, brick industrial buildings, a faded rooftop sign, utility poles, grassy embankments, cloudy sky, distant structures, and water reflections.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a mid-century home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or evidence cutaway for flooding, urban infrastructure disruption, or remembered local disaster conditions.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for high water affecting streets and buildings in an Albany urban area, without identifying a specific flood event beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: No people are visible, but the building, sign-like panel, and location should be reviewed for property, trademark, and copyright considerations before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Albany flood footage, 8mm urban floodwater, mid-century New York disaster scenes, and home-movie views of submerged streets.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Albany or 1956 material, then broader 1950s flood, storm, and urban water-damage scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s Albany-area floodwater appears to reach the edge of a brick building with tall windows and a faded rooftop sign. — Floodwater stands beside a brick urban building with large windows and a faded sign above.

Floodwater covers a paved area near a brick structure, with a grassy bank and utility poles visible in the background. — Standing floodwater covers pavement near a brick building and grassy embankment.

A soft 8mm view looks across floodwater toward distant buildings and a tall industrial-looking structure in Albany metadata context. — Distant structures appear beyond floodwater in a soft, overcast urban view.

The frame shows flooded pavement and distant urban buildings, with utility poles and grass visible under a cloudy sky. — Floodwater spreads across a low urban area with distant buildings and utility poles.

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