Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Yellow Tulips and Purple Phlox in Sunlit Garden

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

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Yellow Tulips and Purple Phlox in Sunlit Garden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures vibrant yellow tulips and clusters of purple phlox blooming in a sun-drenched garden. The footage features natural movement of the flowers in a gentle breeze, with lush green foliage filling the background. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, mid-century American suburban garden scene. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s home movie footage ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic 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: 123728120

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 8mm garden footage from Wauconda, Illinois supports documentary inserts needing mid-century home-movie views of spring flowers and suburban nature.
Period detail: The visible clues are floral close-ups, saturated Kodachrome-like color, and handheld 8mm framing, which may show an early 1960s home garden rather than a public landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on blooms at close range, reflecting an unstaged home-movie impulse to record seasonal color and ordinary garden beauty.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include yellow tulips, purple phlox clusters, green leaves, flower stems, sunlit highlights, dark frame edges, and soft garden shadows.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, slight softness, saturated but aged color, uneven exposure, and contact-frame edges that give useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a springtime cutaway, memory beat, domestic transition, or quiet visual insert between family or neighborhood scenes.
Historical context: As garden-only home-movie footage, it offers visual context for mid-century domestic leisure and seasonal planting without documenting a specific public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any property or location use questions separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 8mm Illinois garden, yellow tulips home movie, purple phlox vintage footage, and spring flowers suburban yard would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois home movies, then broader 1960s garden and spring flower material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Yellow tulip in a sunlit Wauconda, Illinois garden, recorded on 1961 8mm home-movie film. — A yellow tulip fills the frame against dense green foliage.

Close 8mm view of a yellow tulip and surrounding leaves in the 1961 Wauconda garden footage. — A centered yellow tulip stands among leaves in bright garden light.

Two yellow tulips appear in the sunlit 1961 Wauconda garden, with visible 8mm frame edges. — Two yellow tulips appear side by side among dense leaves.

Purple phlox clusters fill the frame in the 1961 Wauconda 8mm garden footage. — Purple phlox clusters bloom against green garden foliage.

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