Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Purple Phlox Blossoms in Garden

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

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Purple Phlox Blossoms in Garden — Clip Details

A vibrant cluster of purple phlox flowers blooms in a lush garden, captured on 8mm film in 1961. The delicate blossoms, with their soft purple petals and white centers, are densely packed among green foliage. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, characteristic of vintage home movie footage. This serene nature scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and timeless beauty, perfect for historical or editorial projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123728116

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: 1961 Wauconda garden footage for editors needing a short archival nature cutaway, seasonal insert, or quiet home-movie transition from the early 1960s.
Period detail: The frames show close 8mm views of purple phlox and green foliage, with the 1961 Wauconda setting supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays close to the flowers with slight handheld steadiness, suggesting an unstaged home-garden observation rather than a formal botanical study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include clustered purple phlox blossoms, pale flower centers, green leaves, dark garden shadows, stems, and contact-print frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, saturated purples, darkened edges, and mild exposure variation across the brief shot.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, seasonal memory beat, garden insert, or gentle transition within family, suburban, or Midwestern archive sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents domestic garden life through a close floral view, offering visual context for home landscaping and everyday nature filming in a 1960s Illinois setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still assess copyright, source permissions, and any broader property context from the full reel.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 8mm purple phlox, Wauconda Illinois garden flowers, vintage home movie blossoms, and 1960s suburban garden cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel garden shots, then other 1961 Wauconda material, then broader vintage flower, foliage, and home-garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close 1961 Wauconda 8mm view of purple phlox clusters with pale centers among green foliage and shadow. — Purple phlox clusters appear in close view among green garden leaves.

Close 1961 Wauconda garden frame showing purple phlox blossoms, pale centers, leaves, and deep shadow. — Dense purple blossoms sit against dark garden shadow and green leaves.

1961 Wauconda 8mm frame of purple phlox in a garden, with clustered petals, green leaves, and film softness. — Purple phlox blooms fill the lower frame with leaves and stems behind them.

Close 1961 Wauconda garden shot of purple phlox blossoms with green leaves, shadow, and 8mm film grain. — Phlox blossoms and leaves remain in close view at the end of the shot.

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