Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Flooding Near A Route 66 Gas Station With A Pallet

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

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Flooding Near A Route 66 Gas Station With A Pallet — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1969: A flooded urban street scene captured on 8mm film, showing water covering the road near a Route 66 gas station. Brick industrial buildings line the street, with vintage cars parked along the curb. A wooden pallet floats in the floodwaters, and a person in an orange outfit stands near the sidewalk. The shot is framed by a dark foreground, suggesting it was filmed from inside a vehicle or structure, with a bridge visible in the distance under an overcast sky.

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: 125595404

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary requests needing urban flood footage, industrial street atmosphere, or weather-impact cutaways from Saint Paul home-movie film.
Period detail: The scene shows 1969-era vehicles, brick industrial buildings, and a visible Route 66 gas station sign, with the period detail supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a dark sheltered foreground as floodwater covers the street, giving the scene an unstaged local witness perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater across the roadway, a floating wooden pallet, brick industrial buildings, parked cars, a Route 66 gas sign, a distant bridge, and a small figure in orange.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft grain, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and contact-sheet edge darkness that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or environmental cutaway to show urban flooding, infrastructure disruption, or industrial riverfront weather conditions.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for a mid-century urban industrial street affected by flooding, without proving the flood source or specific event on its own.
Research note: Human review should consider the visible Route 66 branding, possible identifiable person at distance, vehicles, and location context; copyright, trademark, likeness, and property issues are separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1969 Saint Paul flooding, 8mm urban flood street, Route 66 gas station flood, industrial district water, and vintage Minnesota home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Saint Paul 1969 material, then broader 1960s urban flooding, industrial streets, or gas station exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

Saint Paul street flooding in 1969, with brick industrial buildings, parked cars, and a Route 66 gas station sign visible beyond the water. — Floodwater spreads across an industrial street near a Route 66 gas station sign.

1969 Saint Paul floodwater covers an industrial street near a Route 66 gas sign, with cars at the curb and a bridge in the distance. — The flooded roadway is framed from a shaded foreground, with the gas station sign still visible.

Saint Paul flood scene from 1969 showing water across the street, a floating wooden pallet, brick buildings, and a distant bridge. — A wooden pallet floats near the edge of the flooded street as water reaches the curb line.

1969 Saint Paul floodwater fills an industrial street around a floating wooden pallet, with brick buildings and a distant bridge visible. — The final frame centers the floodwater and pallet, emphasizing the depth and spread across the roadway.

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