Minnesota USA-1965: Man In A Jacket And Hat Stands Amid Flooded City

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

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Man In A Jacket And Hat Stands Amid Flooded City — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1965: A man in a dark jacket and hat stands solemnly amidst a flooded urban landscape, with water submerging buildings and a large pile of sandbags in the foreground. The 8mm film captures the somber mood of a disaster, showing a wide view of submerged structures and a distant bridge under overcast skies. The grainy, vintage footage conveys the historical impact of the flood, with a mix of stillness and quiet desperation in the aftermath.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125313247

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Useful for 1960s documentary edits needing real 8mm visual evidence of flooding, sandbagging, and urban disaster aftermath in Minnesota.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, clothing, waterfront structures, and flood-control sandbags support a mid-1960s home-movie view, with the 1965 Minnesota setting supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a man near floodwater and then turns to a wider elevated view, giving the clip an unstaged witness perspective rather than a formal news setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a dark jacket and hat, floodwater, sandbags, submerged waterfront buildings, poles, a small boat, distant hills, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, aftermath cutaway, or quiet transition from human-scale flood response to a wider view of inundated buildings.
Historical context: The frames show a city or town dealing with high water around built structures, with sandbags and still floodwater conveying local disaster response without naming a specific event.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and any property-related uses should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1965 Minnesota flood 8mm, flooded town home movie, man near sandbags, urban flood aftermath, and submerged waterfront buildings.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1965 Minnesota flood footage, and then broader disaster, flood recovery, or home-movie aftermath material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a man in dark outerwear near sandbags, floodwater, and a partially submerged waterfront structure. — A man stands near sandbags at the edge of floodwater by a waterfront building.

1965 Minnesota flood footage frame with a man beside sandbags, still high water, and dark structures along the flooded waterfront. — The man remains near the sandbags as floodwater surrounds the nearby buildings.

1965 Minnesota 8mm frame looking over floodwater toward partially surrounded waterfront buildings, a small boat, poles, and distant terrain. — An elevated view shows floodwater around waterfront buildings and a small boat.

1965 Minnesota flood scene from an elevated home-movie viewpoint, showing inundated waterfront structures, a small boat, and distant hills. — The final frame holds on the broader flooded waterfront and surrounding landscape.

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