Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: A Groundskeeper Trimming Lilacs In The Backyard

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

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A Groundskeeper Trimming Lilacs In The Backyard — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and dark trousers trims a blooming lilac bush in a sun-drenched backyard, captured on 8mm film in 1961. The vibrant purple flowers contrast with lush green foliage and a tall evergreen tree, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American garden. The handheld camera captures natural movement as the groundskeeper carefully shapes the shrub, with soft focus and film grain adding to the authentic vintage feel of this home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123728022

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 1960s Illinois home-movie footage for productions needing a brief suburban garden, yard work, or seasonal groundskeeping cutaway.
Period detail: The white shirt, dark trousers, hand shears, dense lilac shrub, and evergreen may show mid-century domestic yard care in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as a man quietly trims blooming lilacs while the handheld camera observes from a nearby backyard position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt, dark trousers, lilac blossoms, leafy shrubs, an evergreen tree, bright sun, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens and purples, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame borders as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, seasonal transition, yard-work cutaway, or memory beat within a family, suburban, or gardening sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor maintenance in a planted residential-style yard without making broader claims beyond the visible garden work.
Research note: A visible adult figure may raise likeness review needs, while copyright, location context, and any property concerns should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 8mm Wauconda Illinois backyard, man trimming lilacs, vintage home movie gardening, and suburban yard work footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then with gardening, flowers, and backyard labor themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Wauconda, Illinois footage, a man in a white shirt reaches into blooming lilacs near a tall evergreen. — A man trims purple lilacs in a sunny backyard garden.

The man continues pruning the lilac shrub in the sunlit 1961 Wauconda backyard scene. — The gardener reaches forward while shaping the lilac bush.

A closer 8mm frame shows the man's arm and trimming motion among lilac blossoms and dense green leaves. — A closer view catches the trimming action inside the flowering shrub.

In the final frame, the man leans over the flowering lilac shrub, partly turned away in the Wauconda backyard footage. — The man bends into the lilacs as the pruning continues.

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