Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Purple Flowering Bush Swaying in Breeze

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

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Purple Flowering Bush Swaying in Breeze — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a lush bush of purple and whitish flowers gently swaying in a soft breeze. The dense floral arrangement, with its vibrant blooms and green foliage, fills the frame against a dark, natural backdrop. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a serene, nostalgic atmosphere. This tranquil garden scene, filmed in Wauconda, Illinois, offers a peaceful glimpse into mid-century Americana and is ideal for documentary, editorial, or nostalgic content.

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: 123728109

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 8mm archive requests needing a quiet Midwestern garden insert, seasonal texture, or natural-color home-movie cutaway.
Period detail: The frames show only flowering shrubs and foliage, so the 1961 Wauconda context is supported by metadata rather than visible landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The short shot has the unstaged patience of a home-movie camera lingering on flowers moving lightly in the wind.
What appears in frame: Visible details include purple and pale whitish blossoms, dense green leaves, darker garden background, soft daylight, and slight breeze movement.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm color saturation, visible grain, soft focus, and minor exposure variation that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a garden cutaway, seasonal transition, reflective pause, or memory beat within a mid-century domestic sequence.
Historical context: As visual evidence, the clip offers a modest look at home-garden aesthetics and amateur filming interests in early 1960s suburban Illinois.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or apparent private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any source-reel restrictions.
Research search match: Researchers might find this under 1961 8mm Wauconda garden flowers, purple blossoms in wind, vintage home movie floral cutaway, or Midwestern garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Wauconda material, then related garden, spring, floral, or quiet nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda home-movie frame of purple and whitish garden flowers clustered among green foliage. — Purple and pale blossoms fill a dense garden view.

Purple and pale blossoms in a leafy shrub, filmed in Wauconda, Illinois, on 8mm home-movie film in 1961. — A flowering shrub appears in soft-focus 8mm color.

A dense cluster of purple garden flowers and green leaves, consistent with the 1961 Wauconda home-movie setting. — The frame stays close on purple blossoms and foliage.

End frame of purple and whitish blossoms on a leafy garden bush in 1961 Wauconda 8mm footage. — Purple and whitish flowers remain centered in the garden shot.

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