Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Red, Yellow, and White Tulips in Sun-Drenched Garden

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

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Red, Yellow, and White Tulips in Sun-Drenched Garden — Clip Details

A vibrant 8mm home movie from 1961 captures a sun-drenched garden in Wauconda, Illinois, bursting with colorful tulips. Red, yellow, and white tulips stand tall among lush green foliage and ferns, their vivid hues contrasting against the dark background. The footage, shot on vintage 8mm film, displays characteristic grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, timeless view of a classic suburban spring garden.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123728169

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 Midwestern home-movie requests needing quiet spring garden detail, suburban nature inserts, or non-people archival cutaways.
Period detail: The clip is supported as 1961 Wauconda, Illinois footage, while the visible frame details are mainly tulips, ferns, dense foliage, and vintage 8mm color rendering.
Home-movie behavior: The steady home-movie framing records a garden bed as a personal seasonal observation rather than a staged horticultural display.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red tulips, yellow tulips, white blooms, tall green leaves, ferns, shaded background foliage, and dark film borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, slight gate edges, and steady framing that give the garden view physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a springtime insert, memory beat, seasonal transition, or calm cutaway within a 1960s family or regional sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a mid-century domestic garden view, with ornamental flowers and lush planting shown without people, signage, or identifiable structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private structures are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any property or location context separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 8mm garden footage, Wauconda Illinois tulips, vintage spring flowers, and Midwestern home movie nature cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel garden or family footage, then other 1961 Wauconda clips, then broader vintage spring garden and tulip scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing red and yellow tulips in a dense garden bed with ferns and shaded greenery. — Red and yellow tulips stand above dense green foliage in a sunlit garden bed.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois garden view with red and yellow tulips, pale blooms, ferns, and dark foliage in the background. — Tulips and ferns fill the frame, with bright flowers set against darker garden growth.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame with a cluster of red and yellow tulips rising from a thick garden bed. — A dense patch of tulips and leaves appears in soft vintage color.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois garden frame showing red tulips, yellow blooms, ferns, and layered green planting in 8mm color. — Red tulips and yellow flowers sit among layered spring garden foliage.

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