Illinois USA-1962: Vintage Cars And Blue House Out On A Sunny Day

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

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Vintage Cars And Blue House Out On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a lakeside property in Illinois. The footage shows a weathered white house with a porch, a dirt path leading to the water, and classic American cars from the early 1960s parked nearby. A person walks along the lakeshore while boats rest on the shore. The scene is framed by lush green trees, with a bright blue lake stretching into the distance under a partly cloudy sky. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, evoking a strong sense of Americana and nostalgia.

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: 123718660

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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

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: Suits documentary, local history, or Americana compilations needing 1960s Midwestern lakeside atmosphere with period vehicles and residential context.
Period detail: Classic American automobiles with chrome detailing and rounded bodylines consistent with early 1960s manufacture; weathered clapboard house and dirt drive reinforce a rural Midwestern setting circa 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The wide, static framing of a family lakeside property suggests the filmmaker was recording the setting rather than a planned event; a typical personal record of a summer visit.
What appears in frame: Gray clapboard house, large deciduous tree, blue lake, dirt driveway, two or three dark American sedans, partial building signage, and partly cloudy sky.
Film character: Natural color fading with a warm cast, moderate grain, and slight exposure variation across frames, characteristic of 8mm stock from the early 1960s aged over six decades.
Edit role: Works as an establishing insert for 1960s Midwestern or Great Lakes sequences, or as a visual memory beat in a nostalgia-driven documentary segment.
Historical context: The lakeside setting with early-1960s American cars and rural residential architecture reflects postwar automobile-centric leisure culture in the Midwest.
Research note: At least one person is present per metadata; signage on the building may contain readable business names; likeness and property rights require independent clearance review.
Research search match: 1960s Illinois lakeside home movie, early 1960s American cars vintage footage, 8mm summer lake property Midwest.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this same reel; then with 1960s Illinois or Great Lakes home movies; then with any 1960s American summer lake footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame from 1962 Illinois: weathered lakeside house, lush trees, distant lake, and partial view of an early-1960s American automobile. — Lakeside house and grounds, Illinois, 1962.

Second 8mm frame from 1962 Illinois showing the same lakeside house and grounds with a dark period automobile parked alongside. — Lakeside property with parked period car, Illinois, 1962.

8mm frame circa 1962 Illinois: multiple early-1960s American sedans parked before a gray structure with partially visible commercial signage. — Early-1960s American cars parked outside a building, Illinois, 1962.

8mm frame circa 1962 Illinois: three period American automobiles parked outside a gray clapboard building, with partially legible signage visible. — Three vintage American cars outside a lakeside building, Illinois, 1962.

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