Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Flooded Bridge and Submerged Structures

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

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Flooded Bridge and Submerged Structures — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1969: A dramatic view of a flooded urban area, with murky brown water submerging a concrete bridge and surrounding structures. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures a yellow traffic pole and street signs partially underwater, with a building and railing visible in the foreground. The overcast sky and grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evoke a sense of historical urgency and environmental impact, showcasing a significant flood event in the late 1960s.

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: 125595376

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary sequences needing Saint Paul, Minnesota flood coverage from small-gauge home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s urban flood conditions, with concrete bridge structure, older street signs, railings and traffic poles partly surrounded by high water.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observational home-movie viewpoint, held from an elevated position as the camera records submerged streets and bridge approaches without staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater, a concrete bridge or overpass, railings, street signs, a yellow traffic pole, nearby structures, distant houses and an overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft grain, mild color fading, slight blur and handheld framing that read as authentic small-gauge archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, environmental cutaway, transition into flood reporting, or visual memory beat for urban weather impact.
Historical context: The frames document high water around public infrastructure in Saint Paul, offering visual context for urban flooding without identifying a specific named event beyond the provided 1969 metadata.
Research note: No people, children, logos or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright, municipal infrastructure, location identification and property-context issues for their use.
Research search match: Research matches include 1969 Saint Paul flood footage, Minnesota urban flooding, 8mm floodwater bridge scene, submerged street signs and cloudy-day home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel flood shots, then Saint Paul or Minnesota 1969 material, then broader urban flooding, bridges, rivers and severe weather footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Saint Paul flood footage showing high water around a concrete bridge approach, railings, street signs and a yellow traffic pole. — Floodwater covers the street level near a bridge approach and traffic signs.

Saint Paul, Minnesota flood scene with murky water around bridge infrastructure, street signs and a yellow traffic pole in 1969 home-movie footage. — Bridge infrastructure and street signs stand in murky floodwater.

Wide Saint Paul flood view from 1969, looking across high water toward a bridge, riverside structures, distant houses and bare trees. — A broad flooded area stretches toward a bridge and distant neighborhood.

1969 Saint Paul home-movie frame showing a wide flooded riverfront or roadway area beneath a bridge with distant houses under cloudy light. — Wide view of floodwater extending beneath a bridge toward distant homes.

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