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Albany New York-1955: Cars Turning A Corner Near Flooded Viaduct And Brick Building

  • Year1956
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationAlbany, New York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Cars Turning A Corner Near Flooded Viaduct And Brick... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a rainy street scene in Albany, New York. Classic American automobiles navigate a wet corner past a large brick building under construction. The footage shows a flooded roadway with a prominent 'VIADUCT FLOODED' warning sign, suggesting a storm or flood event. The grainy, color-bleached quality and overcast sky evoke a nostalgic mid-century urban atmosphere, offering authentic archival footage of a city coping with inclement weather.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123432216

Rights & Clearance

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
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Date
1956 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Albany, New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

  • automobiles
  • road
  • drive
  • rain
  • buildings
  • architecture
  • town
  • city
  • landmarks
  • cars
  • turning
  • corner
  • brick
  • building
  • flood
  • warning
  • sign
  • FLOOD blizzard new years eve party
  • 1955 Albany New York
  • vintage 8mm film
  • classic cars 1955
  • rainy street scene
  • flooded road
  • viaduct flooded sign
  • brick building under construction
  • mid-century urban footage
  • American automobiles
  • wet pavement
  • archival footage
  • retro home movie
  • historical street view
  • storm damage 1950s
  • vintage film grain
  • 8mm home movie
  • old cars
  • city street
  • 1950s Americana
  • documentary footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s Albany street, weather, traffic, and urban infrastructure sequences in documentary, museum, education, or commercial archive edits.
Period detail
The mid-century cars, wet roadway, temporary barricade sign, and brick construction site support a 1950s urban street setting in Albany, New York.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s Albany street footage showing wet pavement, grass, a distant industrial structure, and a gray overcast sky.
A rainy roadside view looks across wet pavement toward distant urban structures.

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