Savage Minnesota-1969: Water Surges Over Spillway At Hydroelectric Power Plant

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

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Water Surges Over Spillway At Hydroelectric Power Plant — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this archival footage captures turbulent water surging over the spillway of a hydroelectric dam in Savage, Minnesota. The powerful cascade of white, foamy water rushes over the concrete structure, with visible film grain and slight color fading characteristic of vintage home movies. A handwritten title card reading 'ST. PAUL APRIL 17 1969' confirms the date and location. The scene conveys the raw industrial power of mid-century infrastructure, with the dam's massive concrete face and water spray creating a dramatic, nostalgic atmosphere. Ideal for documentaries, historical content, or editorial projects exploring American engineering and energy history.

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: 125596040

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: 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 1960s 8mm infrastructure footage for edits needing Midwestern dam, spillway, hydroelectric, flooding, or industrial water-control imagery.
Period detail: The handwritten card reading St. Paul April 17 1969 and the 8mm home-movie texture support the late-1960s date and regional Minnesota context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie record, holding on the rushing spillway rather than staging action or presenting an official industrial view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include foaming water, a concrete spillway face, dark outlet openings, wet foreground water, a small structure, vertical streaking, and a handwritten title card.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or contextual insert for water power, spring runoff, infrastructure, or regional environmental history.
Historical context: The scene visually situates water management and power infrastructure within an everyday 1969 home-movie record, without showing workers or public activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are indicated, but users should review copyright status and any site or property permissions separately before release.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 8mm Minnesota spillway, hydroelectric dam water surge, St. Paul title card home movie, and vintage power plant footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1969 Minnesota or St. Paul material, then broader archival footage of dams, spillways, rivers, and power infrastructure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Minnesota 8mm frame showing turbulent water rushing over a concrete spillway at a hydroelectric site. — Water pours over the spillway beneath a concrete dam face.

Archival 8mm view of foamy water moving across a concrete spillway, with the Minnesota location supported by clip metadata. — The spillway remains filled with fast, foaming water.

Vintage 8mm frame showing sustained water flow over the concrete spillway at the documented 1969 Minnesota site. — Rushing water continues over the dam structure into the darker water below.

Handwritten home-movie title card marking St. Paul, April 17, 1969, on dark board with pale lettering. — A title card identifies the footage as St. Paul, April 17, 1969.

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