Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Flood Submerges Naval Reserve Building And Train Tracks

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

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Flood Submerges Naval Reserve Building And Train Tracks — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1969: A dramatic 8mm home movie captures the devastating 1969 flood, showing a city submerged under murky water. A building with 'NAVAL RESERVE' signage is partially underwater, with only its roof and upper walls visible. The scene shifts to a flooded industrial area near a bridge, where train tracks run alongside a river swollen with floodwaters. The grainy, color-bleached footage, framed by a dark border, evokes a powerful sense of historical loss and environmental impact, offering authentic archival material for documentaries and historical projects.

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: 125595311

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

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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

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 documentary or exhibit requests needing authentic home-movie flood views of Saint Paul infrastructure and riverfront disruption.
Period detail: The footage shows late-1960s color 8mm views with floodwater around a Naval Reserve building, rail tracks, bridges, industrial buildings and winter-bare trees.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from an elevated public vantage, lingering on submerged structures and tracks with the directness of an unstaged witness record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater, a Naval Reserve building, rail lines, bridges, industrial sheds, bare trees, riverbanks and distant city buildings.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate edges and slight handheld framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a flood insert, infrastructure cutaway, historical transition or quiet memory beat in a sequence on urban disaster.
Historical context: The images visually document high water affecting riverfront, military-associated and rail infrastructure in Saint Paul without showing rescue activity or people.
Research note: Review is advised for visible Naval Reserve signage and possible government or institutional identification; copyright, trademark and property concerns remain separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Saint Paul flood 8mm footage, Minnesota flood home movie, submerged rail tracks and Naval Reserve building flood views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Paul 1969 flood material, then broader Midwest flood and infrastructure-damage footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Saint Paul floodwater covers a riverfront area around a low building, with industrial buildings and bare trees in the distance. — Floodwater covers a Saint Paul riverfront area near low buildings and distant industry.

1969 Saint Paul flood view of a low riverfront building partly surrounded by water, with bare trees and city structures beyond. — A low riverfront building stands in floodwater during the Saint Paul flood.

1969 Saint Paul flood footage shows rail tracks beside a Naval Reserve building, with floodwater, a bridge and riverfront structures nearby. — Floodwater reaches rail infrastructure beside a Naval Reserve building and bridge.

1969 Saint Paul view of curved rail tracks, a Naval Reserve building and floodwater around bridges and riverfront structures. — Curving rail lines and the Naval Reserve building appear amid floodwater by the bridges.

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