Duluth Minnesota-1961: A Steel Bridge Is Being Constructed With Concrete Pilings

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

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A Steel Bridge Is Being Constructed With Concrete Pilings — Clip Details

A low-angle view of a steel bridge under construction in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1961. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the bridge's concrete pilings and steel beams against a pale sky. The image exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and film imperfections, capturing a moment of mid-century industrial development. The camera remains steady, focusing on the structure's framework.

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: 125306749

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 editorial requests needing mid-century bridge construction, industrial infrastructure, or Duluth-area public works footage as a brief archival cutaway.
Period detail: The steel span, concrete pilings, faded color, and 8mm texture support the 1961 Duluth construction setting described in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, holding a steady low angle on the unfinished bridge structure rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a steel bridge deck, concrete support pilings, cross beams, pale sky, dark frame edges, and film grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, exposure variation, and small film specks that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or industrial cutaway within a sequence about infrastructure, construction, or regional development.
Historical context: The footage visually places bridge construction within a mid-century industrial landscape without showing workers, traffic, signage, or named landmark details.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Duluth bridge construction 8mm footage, steel bridge concrete pilings, mid-century infrastructure, and archival home movie construction cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Duluth footage, then broader bridge, construction, harbor, or industrial infrastructure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Duluth 8mm frame showing a steel bridge under construction with concrete pilings and dark film edges. — Steel bridge structure and concrete supports seen from below.

1961 Duluth home-movie frame with steel bridge beams and concrete supports viewed from a low angle. — Bridge beams and pilings extend across the upper frame.

8mm frame from 1961 Duluth showing the underside of a bridge under construction and repeated concrete pilings. — Low-angle construction view of bridge deck and supports.

1961 Duluth archival frame showing a steel bridge structure on concrete pilings, with muted 8mm color and grain. — Steel bridge framework rests on concrete pilings.

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