Albany New York-1955: Water Flowing Under A Bridge With Trees On The Side Of The Road

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

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Water Flowing Under A Bridge With Trees On The Side Of... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a flooded street in Albany, New York, with water flowing under a bridge. A white railing is partially submerged, and trees line the banks of the swollen waterway. The scene, filmed from a low angle, shows a closed road with a barricade in the final frame, suggesting a recent flood event. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere.

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: 123432256

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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: 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: Mid-1950s Albany flood or high-water footage suited to documentary inserts about weather, infrastructure, local history, or changing urban waterways.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show 1956-era roadside drainage or park infrastructure, with a low bridge, metal railing, mature trees, and a barricaded wet roadway.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a quiet roadside position, valuing the unusual water level and blocked passage rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark water, a low bridge, a white railing, tree-lined banks, grass, road surface, shadows, and a road barricade.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, grain, color shift, and uneven exposure give the short view the texture of scanned mid-century home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a cutaway, environmental insert, transition, or memory beat for flood aftermath, local travel, or weather disruption sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually records water encroaching on a road or path, suggesting local flooding or high-water conditions without identifying a specific storm.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but copyright status and any property or municipal-location issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Albany flood footage, 8mm bridge waterway, vintage road closed by flooding, and home movie high water scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with Albany or 1956 footage, and then with broader 1950s weather, flood, bridge, or roadside-water scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Albany home-movie frame showing high water under a low bridge with a white railing partly submerged near the bank. — High water surrounds a white railing near a low bridge.

1956 Albany frame of a tree-lined waterway under a low bridge, with a white railing standing partly in the water. — A white railing stands in high water near the bridge.

1956 Albany home-movie view through trees toward a wet roadway or path and bridge, with grass and dense foliage along the side. — Trees frame a wet route toward the bridge.

1956 Albany frame showing a barricaded wet roadway or path beside trees, grass, and a low bridge near high water. — A barricade blocks the wet route near the bridge.

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