Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Flood Submerging Industrial District

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

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Flood Submerging Industrial District — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage footage captures a severe flood in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with murky water submerging an industrial district. A long bridge spans the swollen river, while factory buildings and smokestacks stand partially submerged along the waterfront. The overcast sky and muted gray tones enhance the somber mood of the disaster. This archival home movie offers a rare glimpse of urban flooding and industrial infrastructure overwhelmed by nature, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125595304

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: 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

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: 1969 Saint Paul 8mm footage suited to archival requests for urban flooding, industrial waterfronts, and disaster aftermath cutaways.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century industrial riverfront structures, smokestacks, a long bridge, and low waterfront buildings partly surrounded by floodwater.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot or resident-shot viewpoint from above the river, observing flood conditions without staging or direct human action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swollen river, industrial buildings, smokestacks, a long bridge, low riverside structures, bare trees, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a steady but informal home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, disaster-context cutaway, or transition into flood damage and riverfront infrastructure coverage.
Historical context: The footage visually documents floodwater encroaching on an industrial riverfront and nearby low structures in Saint Paul, without identifying specific facilities.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1969 Saint Paul flood 8mm footage, Minnesota industrial riverfront flooding, and vintage home movie floodwater bridge.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Saint Paul 1969 material, then broader Minnesota flood, industrial waterfront, or river disaster footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Saint Paul 8mm view of a swollen river beside industrial buildings, smokestacks, and a long bridge. — Floodwater fills the riverfront near industrial buildings and a long bridge.

1969 Saint Paul waterfront scene showing high river water, a bridge, and industrial structures along the bank. — A bridge spans the high river beside industrial waterfront structures.

1969 Saint Paul flood scene with low waterfront buildings and bare trees partly surrounded by muddy water. — Low riverside structures and trees stand in floodwater near an industrial area.

1969 Saint Paul 8mm view of floodwater around small waterfront buildings with industrial structures beyond. — Floodwater surrounds small waterfront buildings with industrial structures in the background.

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