Duluth Minnesota-1961: Railroad Bridge Span With Power Lines And Buildings

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationDuluth, Minnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Minnesota

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Railroad Bridge Span With Power Lines And Buildings — Clip Details

DULUTH MINNESOTA-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a low-angle view of a massive railroad bridge span, its steel trusses and support columns silhouetted against a pale sky. Power lines stretch across the frame, and the top of a nearby building is visible below. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky, observational camera movement, evoking a sense of mid-century industrial Americana and personal memory.

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: 125306722

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 1028 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: mother,sioux falls, pushmobile, duluth in winter, clarence
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: duluth,minnesota
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Duluth, Minnesota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing a brief industrial Duluth railroad bridge cutaway from original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The steel span, utility lines, low industrial rooftops, and muted color 8mm stock support the supplied 1961 Duluth setting without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The camera looks upward from street level with slight handheld drift, preserving an unstaged visitor or resident view of overhead rail infrastructure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark steel bridge span, trusswork, concrete or metal supports, overhead power lines, pale sky, and the tops of nearby industrial buildings.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, warm muted color, uneven exposure, dark frame edges, and gentle handheld instability that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short industrial insert, establishing cutaway, transition beat, or visual memory of mid-century urban rail infrastructure.
Historical context: The view places railroad infrastructure above nearby buildings and utility lines, suggesting a working industrial streetscape in Duluth as recorded by a home-movie camera.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property-use concerns for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Duluth 8mm railroad bridge footage, mid-century industrial Americana, overhead rail span, power lines, and home-movie infrastructure views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Duluth 1961 footage, then related railroad, bridge, harbor, or industrial city material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Duluth 8mm frame showing a dark railroad bridge span, vertical support, and faint utility lines above industrial surroundings. — Railroad bridge span crosses the top of the frame with a support column below.

1961 Duluth frame with a railroad bridge span crossing above a silhouetted industrial building and utility lines. — Overhead rail span and trusswork pass above a low industrial roofline.

1961 Duluth 8mm frame showing bridge trusswork, diagonal power lines, and the upper portion of a dark industrial building. — Bridge trusswork and utility lines stretch over a dark building top.

1961 Duluth frame with an overhead railroad span, visible utility lines, support structure, and a dark building roof below. — Power lines cross the sky near an overhead railroad bridge and industrial roofline.

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