Duluth Minnesota-1965: Frozen Water Tank With Ice-Covered Steel Body And Lattice Support

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

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Frozen Water Tank With Ice-Covered Steel Body And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1965, this vintage home movie captures a towering water tank in Duluth, Minnesota, its steel body encased in thick ice formations. The camera slowly pans upward, revealing the frozen texture clinging to the tank's surface and the supporting lattice structure against a pale blue sky. Power lines crisscross the frame, adding to the industrial Americana feel. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and subtle motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, cold winter day in the Midwest.

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: 125501463

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s industrial winter B-roll, Midwestern infrastructure coverage, or documentary cutaways about cold-weather utilities and public works.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-1960s color 8mm home-movie footage, with a steel water tank, lattice supports, and overhead utility lines as visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, with the camera looking upward at an iced water tank rather than staging action or presenting people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an ice-coated cylindrical water tank, steel legs, cross braces, ladder-like structure, overhead power lines, pale sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight color shift, soft focus, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a scanned home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cold-weather industrial insert, a winter transition, or a brief memory beat within a Duluth or Midwest archival sequence.
Historical context: The shot places municipal or industrial infrastructure in a severe winter setting without showing workers, residents, signage, or identifiable public activity.
Research note: No people are visible, but any visible infrastructure, possible marks, or location claims should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1965 Duluth Minnesota 8mm water tank, frozen steel tower, icy infrastructure, or vintage Midwest winter utility footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Duluth 1965 material, then related 1960s winter infrastructure, industrial utility, or cold-weather Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Duluth home-movie frame showing an ice-coated water tank body, steel supports, and utility lines against a pale blue sky. — The camera looks up at a frozen water tank with thick ice clinging to its steel surface.

1965 Duluth frame showing the upper portion of a frozen steel water tank and its support structure during an upward pan. — The upper tank and surrounding steel framework fill the frame as ice runs down the side.

1965 Duluth home-movie frame showing dense ice on the side of a water tank, with braces and overhead lines visible nearby. — A closer portion of the frozen tank surface shows uneven ice texture and adjacent support members.

1965 Duluth frame showing an iced tank surface beside tall steel supports, cross bracing, and power lines in the background. — The pan settles on the tank side and its tall steel support frame, with power lines crossing the sky.

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