Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Floodwaters Submerge Railroad Crossing Sign

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

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Floodwaters Submerge Railroad Crossing Sign — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1969: Floodwaters engulf a railroad crossing, submerging the iconic X-shaped sign and surrounding pilings. The murky water rises high, reflecting the overcast sky and industrial structures. In the distance, vintage cars are parked near a bridge, with a stone embankment and buildings visible. Shot on 8mm film, this archival footage captures the destructive power of the flood with authentic grain and color, offering a poignant look at a historic weather event.

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: 125595432

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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 edits needing Saint Paul flood damage, riverfront infrastructure, or weather-disaster cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible cars, film color, railroad crossing sign, bridge structure, and metadata-supported 1969 Saint Paul setting place the scene in a late-1960s urban riverfront context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes floodwater from a nearby vantage point, lingering on the partly submerged crossing sign and then widening to parked cars and bridge surroundings.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include murky floodwater, a railroad crossing sign, vertical pilings, a bridge, parked vintage cars, a stone embankment, utility poles, and industrial buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the flood scene a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for flooding, damaged transportation infrastructure, or urban riverfront disruption.
Historical context: The footage visually documents high water around railroad and bridge infrastructure, suggesting the impact of flooding on everyday transportation spaces.
Research note: No people are visible, but signage, vehicles, buildings, and possible branded or identifiable elements should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Saint Paul flood footage, 8mm Minnesota river flooding, submerged railroad crossing sign, vintage cars near bridge, and urban flood damage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Paul 1969 flood material, then broader 1960s Midwest flooding and transportation-infrastructure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Saint Paul floodwater rises around a railroad crossing sign and nearby pilings, with rippled water filling the foreground. — Floodwater nearly covers a railroad crossing sign near pilings.

In the Saint Paul flood scene, the crossbuck sign appears tilted as high water surrounds the crossing area and pilings. — A tilted railroad crossing sign stands in rising floodwater.

A close view shows the Saint Paul railroad crossing sign partly submerged by floodwater, with pilings and reflections behind it. — The crossbuck remains partly visible above the floodwater.

A wider 1969 Saint Paul view shows parked cars, a bridge, industrial buildings, and floodwater along a stone embankment. — Parked cars and bridge infrastructure border the flooded riverfront.

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