Minnesota USA-1965: Devastating Flood Submerges Town and Boats

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

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Devastating Flood Submerges Town and Boats — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1965: A devastating flood inundates a small town, with murky water submerging buildings, boats, and utility poles. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the aftermath of a natural disaster, showing flooded streets, partially submerged structures, and bare trees emerging from the water. The grainy, monochrome image evokes a somber mood, reflecting the community's struggle. This archival home movie offers a poignant glimpse into mid-century American life and environmental challenges.

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: 125313433

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 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 or educational sequences needing archival 8mm footage of flood damage and inundated small-town riverfront conditions in Minnesota.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1960s riverfront infrastructure, docks, low industrial buildings, bare trees, and utility poles partly surrounded by floodwater.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's view from an elevated position, scanning floodwater and shoreline structures without visible people or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include swollen water, docks, small boats, shoreline buildings, utility poles, bare trees, distant hills, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, heavy grain, muted monochrome color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for flood aftermath, community disruption, or mid-century disaster context.
Historical context: The footage visually places flood impact around a built waterfront, showing water overtaking docks and low-lying structures without showing residents or emergency response.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1965 Minnesota flood footage, 8mm home movie flood aftermath, flooded town waterfront, submerged docks, and mid-century disaster archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Minnesota 1965 material, then broader 1960s flood, riverfront, and disaster aftermath footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Minnesota 1965 8mm frame showing floodwater around docks, boats, bare trees, and low waterfront buildings. — Floodwater covers a waterfront area with docks, boats, bare trees, and nearby buildings.

Soft, blurred 1965 Minnesota flood view with boats and docks partly surrounded by high water. — A blurred elevated view shows floodwater overtaking docks and boats along a waterfront.

Wide 8mm view of a Minnesota flood scene with high water across a riverfront and distant hills beyond. — High water spreads across a riverfront landscape with distant shoreline buildings and hills.

1965 Minnesota flood frame showing docks and boats near submerged shoreline structures under a hazy sky. — Docks and boats sit beside floodwater, with low buildings and shoreline visible in the distance.

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