Minnesota USA-1965: Man Tries to Save Home During River Flooding After Major Rainstorm

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Minnesota

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Man Tries to Save Home During River Flooding After Major... — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1965: A vintage 8mm home movie clip shows a flooded city street, with water covering the road and reaching the steps of a house. A person in a light-colored shirt and dark pants is seen near the water's edge, possibly attempting to manage the flood. The footage, captured on Super 8 film, displays classic grain, color fading, and a warm orange tint typical of 1960s home movies. The scene is viewed through the screen of an old television, adding a layer of nostalgic, archival authenticity. The clip captures the aftermath of a major rainstorm, with sandbags and debris visible, conveying the urgency of the situation. This authentic, unscripted footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 125312685

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1030 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: itasca park,bayfield,duluth,winter carnival,water tower bicycles
Reel-level year note: 1965
Reel-level location note: itasca park,bayfield,duluth,minnesota
Date: 1965 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: 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: Supports archival requests for 1960s Minnesota flood aftermath footage for documentaries, education programs, and weather or community-history edits.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-1960s flood scene viewed on a rounded television screen, with older cars, a housefront, steps, sandbags, and muted home-movie color.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observation of people near floodwater and a residential street under stress, seen from a home-movie or recorded-screen perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater over a street, a house and steps, people near the water, parked or passing cars, sandbags or barriers, debris, and the curved television screen edge.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, heavy grain, warm color shift, flicker, and screen glare that give the clip a layered home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for flood response, storm aftermath, neighborhood disruption, or memory-based regional history.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for midcentury residential flood impact, showing water reaching streets and steps without proving a specific storm beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: People and possible faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1965 Minnesota flood home movie, 8mm river flooding street, 1960s rainstorm aftermath, and man near flooded house.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Minnesota 1965 flood or storm footage, and then broader 1960s home-movie scenes of weather damage and neighborhood response.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Minnesota home-movie frame seen on a television screen, with a person near floodwater reaching a housefront and steps. — A person stands near floodwater by a house entrance as seen through a rounded television screen.

1965 Minnesota flood footage shows water across a residential street, with cars and people visible through the television screen. — Cars and people appear along a flooded street where water covers much of the roadway.

A soft 8mm frame shows turbulent floodwater, with indistinct debris or dark objects visible in the flow. — Floodwater fills the frame, emphasizing the force and texture of the moving water.

1965 Minnesota flood frame viewed on a television screen, with water near a building edge and a vertical striped object in the foreground. — Floodwater is seen near a structure, partly obscured by screen glare and a vertical striped element.

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