Illinois USA-1962: Two-Story White House with Large Screened Porches

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Illinois

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Two-Story White House with Large Screened Porches — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a two-story white-sided house in Illinois, viewed through tree trunks in the foreground. The camera pans slowly across the exterior, showcasing large screened-in porches, multi-pane windows, and a classic suburban design. The footage features natural daylight, soft color tones, and the characteristic grain and slight motion blur of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere.

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: 123717662

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 2325 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1962 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: Illinois, 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: Suits documentary or educational productions seeking authentic early 1960s American suburban residential footage for neighborhood, postwar housing, or domestic life segments.
Period detail: White clapboard siding, enclosed screened porches spanning both floors, and multi-pane windows are consistent with mid-century American residential architecture of the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The cameraperson films their own home or a familiar residence from the yard, framing it naturally through foreground trees — an unposed, memory-driven act of domestic documentation.
What appears in frame: Two-story white clapboard house, large mature tree trunks in foreground, screened-in enclosed porches on both floors, multi-pane windows, trimmed foundation shrubs, green lawn, leafy background trees.
Film character: 8mm stock delivers visible grain, slight color desaturation, subtle emulsion spotting on the siding, and natural vignetting — hallmarks of early-1960s home movie film that lend the footage period texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing cutaway in a domestic or neighborhood sequence, or as a memory-beat dissolve point in a personal history or mid-century American life documentary.
Historical context: Screened porches were a common feature of American middle-class homes before widespread residential air conditioning, reflecting Midwestern domestic comfort priorities of the era.
Research note: No people or identifying faces visible; structure appears to be private residential property — verify current ownership status and consult a clearance attorney before commercial use requiring property release.
Research search match: 1960s Illinois suburban house home movie, mid-century American residential exterior 8mm, screened porch vintage footage, postwar family home film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or family archive; then with 1960s Illinois or Midwest suburban exterior footage; then with mid-century American domestic neighborhood clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two-story white-sided house in Illinois filmed through mature foreground tree trunks in 1962, showing screened-in porches on both floors and trimmed foundation shrubs. — Exterior of a two-story Illinois home framed by foreground tree trunks, 1962.

Pan continues across the white-sided Illinois house exterior circa 1962, large tree trunk dominating the foreground, screened porches and clapboard detail visible mid-frame. — Camera panning right across the white house exterior through tree trunks, 1962.

Tighter mid-pan framing of the Illinois house in 1962, tree trunk prominent in foreground, lower screened porch and multi-pane windows visible alongside characteristic 8mm emulsion aging. — Tree-framed close view of the lower screened porch mid-pan, 1962.

Final frame of a slow pan across an Illinois two-story house in 1962, revealing screened-in porch sections on both floors framed by tree branches and green foliage. — End-of-pan view of the right section and upper porch of the house, 1962.

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