Rockford Minnesota-1969: A Shot Of The Bank Of A River By The Bridge

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

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A Shot Of The Bank Of A River By The Bridge — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Rockford, Minnesota, dated April 17, 1969, opens with a close-up of a handwritten chalkboard sign reading 'DELANO, APRIL 17 1969'. The scene transitions to a wide shot of a riverbank with a bridge in the background, showing a muddy riverbank with large pipes running along the slope. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel, capturing a quiet moment in a small town.

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: 125595223

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 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: Rockford, 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 Upper Midwest home-movie requests needing a dated place card and quiet riverbank or bridge cutaway for documentary, education, or archive edits.
Period detail: The handwritten board dated April 17, 1969 and the 8mm color stock support a late-1960s home-movie context, while the riverbank scene shows bare trees, utility pipes, and a bridge area.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects an unstaged home-movie habit of marking a location and date before recording an ordinary riverside view from a nearby bank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a handwritten Delano date board, a muddy river edge, leafless trees, a bridge structure, large pipes along the slope, and a pale building wall.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, and handheld framing give the short 8mm scan a clear physical-film texture suitable for archival atmosphere.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, date marker, river transition, or quiet memory beat in a sequence about small-town Minnesota in the late 1960s.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for a small-town riverside environment in spring, with infrastructure and bare vegetation visible but no identifiable public event shown.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or property concerns for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm Minnesota home movies, Delano date board footage, Rockford riverbank bridge cutaways, and vintage small-town riverside scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1969 Rockford or Delano Minnesota footage, then with Midwest river, bridge, and dated home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 8mm frame of a handwritten board reading Delano, April 17, 1969, used as a home-movie date and place marker. — Handwritten Delano date board marks April 17, 1969.

Another close frame of the handwritten Delano, April 17, 1969 board, slightly reframed within the 8mm scan. — Repeated date-board frame before the riverside scene.

Wide 1969 Rockford, Minnesota home-movie view of a riverbank, pipes along the slope, bare trees, and a bridge beyond the water. — Riverbank view with bridge and pipes along the slope.

Final 8mm frame holds on the Rockford riverbank, showing muddy shoreline, exposed pipes, leafless trees, and a bridge in the background. — Final hold on the quiet riverside bank and bridge area.

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