Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man on Ladder Picking Fruit in Orchard with Women

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

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Man on Ladder Picking Fruit in Orchard with Women — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1961 captures a sunny day in an orchard in Wauconda, Illinois. A man in a blue and white checkered shirt climbs a wooden ladder, reaching into the lush green trees to pick fruit, while two women in patterned dresses watch and assist. The scene is filled with natural light, vibrant green foliage, and the warm tones of classic 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American family moment.

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: 123727987

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 family or community fruit-picking activity in a small orchard setting.
Period detail: Clothing, wooden ladder use, and 8mm color stock may show early-1960s rural or suburban leisure and garden work.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie view of adults moving through foliage while one man climbs a ladder to reach fruit.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, patterned dresses, a blue checkered shirt, wooden ladders, dense orchard foliage, flowers, and sunlit grass.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, saturated greens, slight blur, and handheld framing that give it a domestic archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, seasonal cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century family labor and outdoor routines.
Historical context: The scene reflects small-scale fruit picking as a social outdoor activity, without enough evidence to identify the fruit or property.
Research note: Adults are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from people or property review.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois home movie, 8mm orchard fruit picking, adults with ladder in garden, and mid-century family outdoor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel family outdoor scenes, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader orchard, gardening, and fruit-picking footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing adults in patterned clothing near orchard trees and a wooden ladder. — Adults gather in a sunlit orchard as a man approaches a ladder.

A 1961 home-movie view in Wauconda shows two women among trees as a man in a checkered shirt climbs a wooden ladder. — The group moves deeper into the orchard while the man climbs.

In the Wauconda orchard scene, two women stand nearby while a man in a blue checkered shirt works from a ladder. — Two women remain beside the trees as the man reaches from the ladder.

A 1961 Wauconda home-movie frame shows adults in an orchard path, with a man beside a wooden ladder among dense greenery. — The adults pause in the orchard path near the wooden ladder.

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