Jordan Minnesota-1969: American Flag Waving Against Blue Sky

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationJordan, Minnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Minnesota

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American Flag Waving Against Blue Sky — Clip Details

A young boy in a red jacket stands proudly in front of a large American flag waving against a clear blue sky. The 8mm film captures the flag's vibrant red, white, and blue colors with natural grain and slight color fading typical of 1960s home movies. The scene evokes a sense of patriotic nostalgia, with the flag fluttering in the wind under bright sunlight. This vintage footage, shot in Jordan, Minnesota in 1969, offers a heartfelt glimpse into mid-century American life and civic pride.

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: 125594935

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 1019 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: savage minnesota
Date: 1969 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: Jordan, 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 U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief patriotic flag cutaway or civic-life insert from Jordan, Minnesota.
Period detail: The 48-star-era question is not present; the visible U.S. flag and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s home-movie setting noted in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on the flag in wind, then briefly catches an outdoor gathering with a steam tractor, giving the clip a visitor-shot civic perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a U.S. flag on a pole, clear blue sky, film-frame borders, an outdoor crowd, trees, parked vehicles, and a steam tractor.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight color fade, handheld framing, and contact-print edge shadows that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a patriotic insert, small-town transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway before broader 1960s community footage.
Historical context: The clip visually connects U.S. flag imagery with a small outdoor gathering, suggesting local civic or community activity without identifying a specific event.
Research note: People appear in the final frame at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 Minnesota 8mm American flag, small-town patriotic home movie, or U.S. flag waving blue sky may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Jordan, Minnesota 1969 footage, then broader 1960s U.S. flag, parade, or community-gathering scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

U.S. flag waving in bright sunlight against a blue sky in 1969 Jordan, Minnesota home-movie footage. — A U.S. flag flies from a pole against a clear blue sky.

Wind holds a U.S. flag nearly horizontal beside its pole in Jordan, Minnesota archival 8mm footage. — The flag stretches outward in the wind beside the pole.

A closer 8mm view shows the U.S. flag rippling against blue sky in the 1969 Jordan, Minnesota clip. — The camera frames the flag closer as it ripples in the wind.

An outdoor gathering in Jordan, Minnesota shows people near trees, parked vehicles, and a steam tractor emitting smoke. — People gather near a steam tractor in an outdoor community setting.

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