Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Flooded Street with Parked Cars and Hay

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

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Flooded Street with Parked Cars and Hay — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a flooded street in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Water covers the road, reflecting buildings and a bridge, with a submerged object floating near the curb. The scene shifts to a nearby area where classic American cars, including a green pickup and a white sedan, are parked under a concrete overpass. Piles of hay or straw sit in the background, suggesting flood preparation or aftermath. The footage exhibits natural film grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 125595409

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

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 documentary or education edits needing Saint Paul flood aftermath, wet streets, parked cars, and improvised hay or straw barriers.
Period detail: The classic cars, 8mm color stock, concrete overpass, and street flooding support the 1969 Saint Paul setting supplied in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a bystander or passenger perspective, lingering on flooded pavement and parked vehicles without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flooded roadway, curbside debris, a concrete overpass, parked vintage cars, a green truck, a white sedan, hay or straw piles, and signage.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges that reinforce its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a flood aftermath cutaway, local-history insert, transition from water damage to street recovery, or brief memory beat.
Historical context: The footage visually documents urban flood conditions and mitigation material, while avoiding claims about a specific flood event beyond the supplied date and place.
Research note: Review for visible people flagged in metadata, indistinct signage, vehicle makes, and any likeness or property issues separate from copyright licensing.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1969 Saint Paul flood street, 8mm Minnesota flood aftermath, vintage cars under overpass, and hay barriers on flooded road.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Saint Paul 1969 material, then Minnesota flood aftermath, wet street, bridge, and vintage car footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Saint Paul home-movie frame showing a flooded street surface, curb edge, reflections, and a small floating object near the road. — Flooded pavement and curbside debris on a Saint Paul street.

1969 Saint Paul frame with a green truck, white sedan, hay or straw piles, and a concrete overpass in a flooded-street context. — Parked vehicles and hay or straw piles beneath an overpass.

Saint Paul 1969 home-movie frame showing parked classic vehicles beside hay or straw piles beneath a concrete overpass. — Classic vehicles parked near flood-control material under a bridge.

1969 Saint Paul frame showing a white car, green truck edge, overpass openings, and hay or straw piles along the street. — Vehicles and piled material under a concrete overpass after flooding.

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