Savage Minnesota-1969: A Flood Submerges Roads and Street Signs

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

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A Flood Submerges Roads and Street Signs — Clip Details

A flooded road in Savage Minnesota in 1969, captured on 8mm film. The water covers the roadway, submerging a street sign and reaching the base of a utility box. In the distance, a small town with industrial buildings sits on a hillside under a pale sky. The footage shows the aftermath of a natural disaster, with calm water reflecting the overcast day. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie adds to the nostalgic, archival feel. A close-up reveals a partially submerged sign pointing to Blue Earth and New Ulm. This authentic 1960s footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 125595815

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: 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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 Minnesota flood footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing authentic small-town road inundation on 8mm film.
Period detail: The rural highway signage, industrial buildings, and color 8mm texture support the late-1960s Minnesota setting described in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged roadside viewpoint, with the camera observing floodwater over pavement and then moving closer to a submerged directional sign.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater over a road, a utility box, bare trees, distant industrial buildings, low hills, road signs, and a Blue Earth and New Ulm directional sign.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and color fading consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, transition, or cutaway for flood aftermath, rural infrastructure disruption, or regional memory of weather damage.
Historical context: The scene visually documents water covering a road near a small Minnesota community without showing rescue activity, residents, or moving vehicles.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable place-name road sign and distant structures should be reviewed for identification and property or trademark context separate from copyright.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 Minnesota flood road, Savage Minnesota 8mm flood footage, submerged street sign, and Blue Earth New Ulm road sign may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Savage or 1969 Minnesota material, then broader flood, road closure, and rural infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Savage, Minnesota floodwater covers a roadway, with a utility box, bare trees, and distant industrial buildings visible. — Floodwater spreads across a road with buildings on the hillside beyond.

A flooded road in Savage, Minnesota appears partly submerged, with bare trees, roadside signs, and distant buildings in view. — The camera looks across floodwater toward a road and town buildings.

Floodwater fills the foreground in this 1969 Minnesota road scene, with a utility box, roadside signs, trees, and buildings beyond. — A wide view shows floodwater covering the road approach.

Close view of a partially submerged Minnesota directional sign for Blue Earth and New Ulm standing in floodwater. — A road sign for Blue Earth and New Ulm stands partly surrounded by floodwater.

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