Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Bare Trees by Water in Early Autumn

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

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Bare Trees by Water in Early Autumn — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a quiet autumn landscape in Wauconda, Illinois. Bare trees with no leaves frame a calm body of water, likely a lake or river, under a pale sky. The scene is viewed through a natural frame of branches, with early spring buds just beginning to emerge. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This footage offers a peaceful, contemplative moment of nature in transition, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123728385

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 home-movie footage from Wauconda, Illinois suited to documentary inserts about quiet Midwestern landscapes, seasonal change, or archival nature cutaways.
Period detail: The frame may show an early-1960s lakeside or riverbank view, with bare deciduous trees, pale sky, and no visible modern structures or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a home-movie camera observing a nearby body of water through trees rather than documenting a planned event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include leafless tree trunks, thin branches, blue water, a distant bank, dry shoreline brush, pale sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, faded color, handheld framing, and dark gate edges that give the landscape a physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief transition, seasonal establishing insert, reflective cutaway, or memory beat between more event-focused home-movie scenes.
Historical context: As visual context, the footage records a quiet outdoor waterside setting in Wauconda without identifiable people, signage, or activity in view.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private interiors are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location context, and any property implications for their use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 8mm Wauconda lake trees, Illinois home movie water in autumn, bare trees by water, and vintage Midwestern nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader seasonal lake and bare-tree landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing leafless trees and brush along a blue body of water. — Bare branches and shoreline brush frame a quiet body of water.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie still with bare trees, thin branches, and calm water beyond. — Leafless trees stand between the camera and a calm lakeside or riverbank view.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm still showing crossed bare branches over blue water and a dry shoreline. — Crossing tree branches partially obscure the water and opposite bank.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame with leafless trees in the foreground and water behind them. — A bare foreground tree frames a still view across the water.

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