Savage Minnesota-1969: People Stand on Platform Observing Flood Waters

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

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People Stand on Platform Observing Flood Waters — Clip Details

SAVAGE MINNESOTA-1969: A group of people stand on a wooden platform, observing a flooded landscape. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a somber winter scene with bare trees lining the water's edge. The individuals, dressed in heavy coats and hats, watch the expansive floodwaters under a pale sky. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a community witnessing a natural event. The film's grain and color saturation evoke the era's home movie aesthetic.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125595676

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: Savage, 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 or museum edits needing home-movie views of community members observing floodwater in Savage, Minnesota.
Period detail: The heavy coats, hats, bare trees, 8mm color stock, and simple riverside platform support a late-1960s winter or early-spring home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged local viewing moment as adults stand quietly at the water's edge and look across the flooded landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include several adults, a wooden platform or walkway, broad floodwater, bare shoreline trees, pale sky, and small brushy islands.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, warm color, slight edge vignetting, and steady amateur framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, location insert, or reflective memory beat within a sequence about flooding, weather, or local observation.
Historical context: The scene shows people gathered at a flooded riverside or lowland area, offering visual context for how residents encountered a local natural event.
Research note: People are visible from behind or at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Searches for 1969 Savage Minnesota flood home movie, 8mm floodwater observation, people viewing flood, or vintage Minnesota river flooding may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Savage, Minnesota 1969 footage, then with broader 1960s flood or community observation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Savage, Minnesota home-movie footage from 1969, adults in coats stand on a platform looking toward floodwater and winter-bare trees. — Adults observe floodwater from a wooden platform near a tree-lined shore.

Several adults stand at the edge of a flooded landscape in Savage, Minnesota, with bare trees and brush visible across the water. — A small group watches the flooded waterway from the platform edge.

The camera looks across floodwater toward bare trees and brush, with no people visible in this frame from the 1969 Savage, Minnesota clip. — Floodwater stretches across a low wooded shoreline.

A wider home-movie view shows open floodwater, a brushy island or shoreline, and bare trees in Savage, Minnesota in 1969. — The shot settles on the flooded landscape and bare riverside trees.

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