Saint Paul Minnesota-1969: People Observing Flooded River And Bridge On A Cloudy Day

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

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People Observing Flooded River And Bridge On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1969: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a dramatic flood scene from an elevated viewpoint. The wide shot reveals a vast, murky river overflowing its banks, submerging roads, buildings, and a prominent bridge. Bare trees frame the foreground, emphasizing the bleak, overcast winter day. In the final frame, two people, a woman in a dark jacket and a man in a coat, appear on the left, observing the devastation. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain and color fading, offering authentic archival footage of a significant flood event.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125595593

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Saint Paul flood footage for documentary, museum, educational, or editorial productions needing home-movie views of river overflow and bridge impacts.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, winter clothing, bare trees, and 1969 metadata support a late-1960s view, while the exact flood event should be verified separately.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer perspective, with the camera looking from a high bank as two adults briefly watch the flooded river below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a swollen river, partially submerged roads, a bridge or causeway, low buildings, bare trees, distant shoreline, cloudy sky, and two onlookers.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it credible home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, disaster-context cutaway, location transition, or quiet memory beat before or after testimony.
Historical context: The frames visually document floodwater covering riverside infrastructure in Saint Paul, with civilians observing from elevated ground rather than an official news vantage.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location identification, and event claims should be cleared separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 Saint Paul flood 8mm, Minnesota river flooding home movie, flooded bridge archival footage, and 1960s Midwest flood scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Saint Paul or 1969 Minnesota footage, then broader flood, river, bridge, and disaster-observation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Saint Paul home-movie frame showing high floodwater around roads, buildings, and a bridge under a cloudy sky. — Floodwater spreads across riverside roads and structures below an elevated overlook.

Elevated 1969 Saint Paul view of floodwater surrounding riverside buildings and a bridge, framed by leafless trees. — A broad flooded river covers low-lying roads and structures near a bridge.

Saint Paul flood scene on 8mm film, with water surrounding a bridge approach and nearby structures in 1969 footage. — The camera holds on flooded infrastructure and bare trees from a high vantage point.

Two adults appear at the edge of a 1969 Saint Paul flood view, watching high water around a bridge and riverside buildings. — Two onlookers stand in the foreground while floodwater fills the riverfront below.

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