Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a severe flood in Savage, Minnesota. The clip shows multiple feet of murky water submerging a park, with leafless trees standing in the floodwaters and their reflections visible on the surface. A chain-link fence is partially submerged in the foreground, and a small building is visible in the distance. The footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality with muted colors, typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip offers a powerful look at a natural disaster from a personal, eye-level perspective.
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