Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Panning Video Of Foliage Blowing In The Wind In

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

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Panning Video Of Foliage Blowing In The Wind In — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Wauconda, Illinois. The camera pans slowly across a tranquil blue lake, framed by bare trees and young evergreens in early spring. Foliage rustles gently in the wind, with subtle movement visible in the branches and reeds along the shoreline. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful atmosphere. This archival footage offers a quiet glimpse into mid-century American nature and everyday life.

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: 123728403

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing a quiet Midwestern lakeside nature cutaway or seasonal landscape insert.
Period detail: The scene may show early spring lakeside vegetation, with bare deciduous branches and small evergreens visible in 1961 Wauconda metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the shoreline from a casual outdoor vantage point, preserving an unstaged family-film view of wind, water, and trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue lake, reed beds, bare tree branches, young evergreen trees, distant shoreline, and soft wooded background.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and handheld framing that give the landscape a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm transition, memory beat, exterior establishing insert, or nature cutaway within a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a modest lakeside environment rather than a public event, offering context for everyday outdoor views in early-1960s Illinois.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any location permissions should still be independently checked.
Research search match: Searches for 1961 Wauconda lake footage, 8mm Illinois shoreline, early spring trees by water, or vintage home movie nature pan may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Wauconda material, then broader vintage lakeside foliage or Midwestern nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing a blue lake behind bare trees, reeds, and young evergreens. — Lake and shoreline vegetation seen through bare branches and evergreens.

1961 Wauconda lakeside view with water, shoreline reeds, leafless branches, and soft distant woods. — Panned view across the lake with reeds and bare shoreline trees.

1961 Wauconda home-movie frame showing the lake through foreground branches and evergreen growth near the shore. — Foreground branches and evergreens frame the blue lake and reed-covered bank.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame with lake water, shoreline reeds, bare branches, and wind-stirred spring vegetation. — Final frame of the lakeside pan, with bare branches crossing the shoreline view.

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