Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man and Woman in Garden with Purple Flowers and Ladder

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationWauconda, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Wauconda Illinois

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Man and Woman in Garden with Purple Flowers and Ladder — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a man and woman in a sun-drenched garden in Wauconda, Illinois. The woman, seen from behind, wears a plaid dress and holds purple flowers as she walks toward a wooden ladder. The man, in a blue and white checkered shirt, gestures animatedly, appearing to explain something. The scene is filled with lush green foliage, natural light, and the authentic grain and color palette of a classic 1960s home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123727939

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: 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 2318 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans,baby come home,june,tommy
Reel-level year note: 1961
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1961 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: Wauconda, 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: Useful for 1960s U.S. home-movie requests needing an informal garden scene with adults, flowers, summer light, and domestic outdoor activity.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage, clothing, garden setting, and metadata-supported 1961 date place the scene in early 1960s Wauconda, Illinois home-movie material.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves unstaged interaction as a woman walks with flowers and a man gestures toward her, suggesting casual conversation or direction in a family garden.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a plaid dress, a blue checked shirt, purple flowers, a wooden ladder, dense green foliage, lawn, and strong sunlight.
Film character: The footage has 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld framing, high-contrast sun, and warm mid-century color response.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, seasonal transition, or domestic-life cutaway within a 1960s family or garden sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal suburban or small-town outdoor leisure, gardening, and family filming practices without supporting broader historical claims.
Research note: Adults are visible and faces appear partly identifiable, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 8mm home movie garden, Wauconda Illinois family footage, woman holding flowers, man gesturing outdoors, and vintage summer yard scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1961 Wauconda material, then similar 1960s home-movie garden or outdoor family clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame of a woman seen from behind with purple flowers as a man in a checked shirt gestures in a sunny garden. — A woman carrying purple flowers stands near a gesturing man in a sunlit garden.

In the Wauconda garden scene, the man extends his arm while the woman holding purple flowers moves toward foliage and a wooden ladder. — The man gestures with one arm as the woman moves away through the garden.

1961 home-movie frame showing the woman walking deeper into the garden as the man faces the camera and gestures with both hands. — The woman walks away while the man turns toward the camera with open hands.

The man continues gesturing as the woman leaves the foreground garden area.

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