Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Two People on Levee During Flood

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

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Two People on Levee During Flood — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1969: A dramatic aerial view captures a severe flood inundating a city street and industrial area. Muddy water covers roads, submerging utility poles and streetlights, with a levee holding back the rising waters. In the final frames, two people walk along the top of the levee near a large building and a parked truck, highlighting the scale of the disaster. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage footage shows the era's characteristic grain and color palette, offering a powerful historical record of urban flooding.

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: 125595295

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: Saint Paul, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing Saint Paul flood footage, urban levee imagery, or aerial-feeling views of inundated streets and industrial waterfront areas.
Period detail: The frames show late-1960s color 8mm texture with utility poles, streetlights, rail tracks, parked cars, a box truck, and industrial buildings partly bordered by floodwater.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie quality, watching from an elevated vantage as two distant people walk along the levee beside floodwater rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include muddy floodwater, a narrow levee, submerged streetlights and utility poles, rail tracks, parked cars, industrial buildings, a box truck, and two people walking.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge density that support its physical-film archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, disaster-context cutaway, transition into flood coverage, or visual scale beat before closer street-level material.
Historical context: The footage shows floodwater pressing against an urban levee near industrial and transport infrastructure, with the small figures emphasizing the scale of the inundation.
Research note: People are visible at a distance and a truck or signage may carry identifiable branding, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and location/property considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Saint Paul flood 8mm, Minnesota levee flood footage, urban flooding home movie, industrial waterfront flood, and people walking on levee.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel flood views, then other Saint Paul or Minnesota 1969 material, then broader 1960s urban flood, levee, river, and disaster-response footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Saint Paul, Minnesota flood scene from 1969 showing muddy water around streetlights, utility poles, rail tracks, and a levee near industrial buildings. — Floodwater surrounds streetlights and utility poles beside a levee near an industrial waterfront.

Elevated 1969 Saint Paul view of floodwater reaching a levee, with rail tracks, parked cars, utility poles, and industrial structures in the background. — An elevated view shows floodwater held beside a levee near rail tracks and parked cars.

1969 Saint Paul flood footage showing muddy water against a levee, with submerged poles, rail tracks, parked cars, and industrial buildings beyond. — Floodwater fills the foreground as a levee separates it from an industrial district.

Final 1969 Saint Paul frame shows two distant people on a levee beside floodwater, near a large building, industrial structures, and a parked box truck. — Two small figures walk along the levee, showing the scale of floodwater beside nearby buildings.

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