Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Old Footage Of Flooding

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

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Old Footage Of Flooding — Clip Details

Never-before-seen 8mm home movie professionally captured in 4k (3840x2160 UHD) resolution at 29.97 fps. Post processing including cinematic classic retro color correction and modern halogen lighting with advanced degrain filters with modified 1.6 f-stop projector achromatic lens. Learn more about our archival footage restoration library here: StockFilm.com and major thanks for supporting the preservation of the unique historical perspective and legacy of early cinematographers.

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: 125595355

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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Topics & Keywords

flooding
disaster
nature
SAINT PAUL minnesota
1969

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Saint Paul flood footage suited for documentary inserts, disaster-history sequences, infrastructure context, or archival city-river coverage.
Period detail: The frames show 1960s road signage, streetlights, utility structures, rail lines, and a flooded urban riverfront area marked by signs for downtown and Warner Road.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the flooded roadway and riverfront from an elevated visitor viewpoint, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie record rather than a news setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater, overhead road signs, a bridge or elevated roadway, rail tracks, streetlights, utility poles, a small riverside building, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft grain, muted color, slight gate edges, and steady but informal framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, flood cutaway, transition into Saint Paul riverfront history, or memory beat within a 1969 sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents floodwater reaching urban transportation corridors and riverside structures in Saint Paul without identifying a specific flood event beyond the supplied 1969 metadata.
Research note: No people are visible, but road signs and identifiable public infrastructure appear, so copyright, trademark, location, and contextual use should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Saint Paul flooding, Minnesota riverfront flood home movie, 8mm urban flood footage, and Warner Road flood scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Paul 1969 footage, then broader Minnesota flooding, riverfront, roadway, and disaster-recovery material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Saint Paul flood footage showing overhead road signs above high water near downtown and Warner Road. — Floodwater reaches road-sign height below downtown and Warner Road directions.

Saint Paul, Minnesota flood view with downtown and Warner Road signs suspended over broad floodwater. — Roadway direction signs stand above the flooded urban riverfront.

Wide 1969 Saint Paul flood view showing submerged riverfront roadways, rail tracks, streetlights, and a small building near high water. — A wider view shows floodwater surrounding riverfront transportation structures.

Saint Paul flood scene from an elevated home-movie viewpoint, with rail lines, streetlights, utility structures, and water covering the lower road area. — Floodwater covers the lower riverfront while rail and road structures remain visible.

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