Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Woman Walking Along Riverbank

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

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Woman Walking Along Riverbank — Clip Details

A woman in a light-colored dress walks along a grassy riverbank in this 8mm home movie from Wauconda, Illinois, 1961. Shot on vintage Super 8 film, the clip captures her strolling near the water's edge, surrounded by bare trees and scattered logs. She turns and points toward the river, her movements natural and unposed. The footage exhibits classic 1960s film grain, color fading, and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a quiet day by the water.

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: 123728283

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Midwestern home-movie requests needing an outdoor riverside moment with an adult woman in a quiet, documentary-style setting.
Period detail: The light dress, 8mm color stock, soft focus, and undeveloped riverbank setting support the early 1960s home-movie period noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The woman walks, turns, and points toward the water in an informal way that reads as family-filmed rather than staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a pale dress, grassy riverbank, blue water, bare trees, scattered logs, muddy ground, and strong daylight shadows.
Film character: The clip has the textured look of 8mm home-movie film, with visible grain, color fading, mild gate softness, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, rural cutaway, riverside transition, or personal-history insert within a 1960s family or place sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a modest outdoor leisure moment near water, reflecting everyday personal filming rather than a documented public event.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness may require review, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private buildings are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm home movie, woman by river, vintage Midwest riverbank footage, and 1960s outdoor family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1961 footage, then 1960s home movies of rivers, lakes, and informal outdoor walks.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois home-movie footage from 1961, a woman stands near a riverbank with bare trees, logs, and water behind her. — Woman pauses on the grassy bank near the river, with trees and scattered logs in the background.

The woman faces the camera on a grassy riverbank in 1961 Wauconda footage, with water, leafless trees, and stacked logs visible behind her. — The woman faces the camera from the riverbank as the water and trees fill the background.

The woman walks across the bank in profile, moving between the grass and the waterline.

In the final frame, the woman points toward the river from the grassy bank, with Wauconda water, trees, logs, and soft 8mm color visible. — The woman extends one arm toward the river, suggesting something off-camera or across the water.

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