Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: Mounds Park Burial Site Sign and City Skyline, Saint Paul

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

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Mounds Park Burial Site Sign and City Skyline, Saint Paul — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1969: A vintage 8mm home movie clip opens with a close-up of a wooden sign for Mounds Park, an Indian Burial Site in the Saint Paul Park System, with gold lettering against a dark background. The scene transitions to a sweeping panoramic view of the city skyline along the Mississippi River, showing industrial buildings, riverboats, and barges. The footage captures the urban landscape from an elevated vantage point, with bare trees in the foreground suggesting a late autumn or winter day. The film exhibits characteristic 8mm grain and color fading, offering authentic archival footage of 1960s Saint Paul.

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: 125595476

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 Saint Paul 8mm footage supports documentary requests for urban skyline, Mississippi River, and public park context in late-1960s Minnesota.
Period detail: The Mounds Park sign, riverfront industry, barges, and distant downtown buildings give visible period clues consistent with the supplied 1969 Saint Paul metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot landmark view, moving from a park sign to an elevated panorama rather than staging people or events.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Mounds Park sign, wooden post, Mississippi River, riverboats, barges, leafless trees, industrial riverfront, and distant skyline.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a small-gauge home movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing insert, location transition, riverfront cutaway, or brief memory beat for Saint Paul history.
Historical context: The views place a public park overlook beside a working riverfront and downtown skyline, offering visual context without identifying specific businesses.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the Indigenous burial-site wording and skyline/property context should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 Saint Paul 8mm skyline, Mounds Park sign, Mississippi River overlook, and Minnesota urban home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1969 Saint Paul or Minnesota riverfront clips, then broader park overlook or urban skyline material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Saint Paul frame showing a Mounds Park Indian Burial Site sign in the Saint Paul Park System. — Mounds Park sign marking an Indian Burial Site in the Saint Paul Park System.

Saint Paul riverfront seen from an elevated park overlook, with skyline buildings beyond the Mississippi River. — Elevated view toward downtown Saint Paul and the riverfront from the park area.

1969 Saint Paul skyline and Mississippi River panorama with boats and bare foreground trees. — Riverfront panorama showing downtown buildings, boats, and winterlike trees.

Wide Saint Paul Mississippi River view with barges, shoreline structures, and a low distant skyline. — Wide river overlook with barges and shoreline structures below the skyline.

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