Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Backyard Fountain And Woman Knitting In Woods

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

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Backyard Fountain And Woman Knitting In Woods — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a quiet suburban backyard in Wauconda, Illinois. A terracotta bird bath sits atop a low brick border surrounded by blooming flowers and greenery, framed by a chain-link fence. The scene transitions to a woman in a patterned dress sitting in a red metal chair in a wooded area, knitting or handling small objects. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 color grading, film grain, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American domestic life. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1960s Americana.

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: 123728091

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests seeking early 1960s Illinois home-movie footage of suburban yard details, garden ornaments, and quiet outdoor domestic life.
Period detail: The chain-link fence, low brick garden border, metal lawn chairs, and terracotta bird bath may show mid-century American backyard styling.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, moving from a garden feature to a seated woman quietly knitting or handling small items outdoors.
What appears in frame: Visible details include grass, a bird bath or fountain, flower beds, a chain-link fence, trees, lawn chairs, and a woman seated in shade.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading, uneven exposure, and slight frame jitter consistent with amateur home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, domestic memory beat, or transition between suburban garden life and family leisure outdoors.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for everyday outdoor domestic space and informal leisure in a small Illinois community in the early 1960s.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, while copyright and any property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois home movie, 8mm backyard garden footage, mid-century lawn chairs, and woman knitting outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1961 Illinois clips, then broader 1960s home-movie garden and outdoor leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda backyard view with a terracotta bird bath or fountain set inside a low brick flower bed near a chain-link fence. — Bird bath or fountain in a fenced backyard garden.

A fixed 8mm view of a Wauconda backyard garden, with a terracotta bird bath, flowers, grass, and fencing behind it. — Garden ornament and flower bed in a suburban yard.

In a wooded outdoor area, a woman in a patterned dress sits in a red metal chair, apparently knitting or handling small objects. — Seated woman in shade with lawn chairs nearby.

A woman sits outdoors in a red chair in 1961 Wauconda footage, with trees, grass, and nearby lawn chairs visible around her. — Woman seated outdoors among trees and lawn chairs.

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