Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Person Sitting by Frozen Lake in Vintage 8mm Footage

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

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Person Sitting by Frozen Lake in Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a quiet lakeside scene in Wauconda, Illinois. A person in period clothing sits alone on the shore, leaning against a bare tree near the water's edge. The lake surface is partially frozen, reflecting the overcast sky, with a yellow boat resting on the muddy bank. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, contemplative mood from a bygone era.

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: 123728467

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 Midwest home-movie requests needing a quiet winter lakeside cutaway with a solitary seated figure.
Period detail: The 8mm footage may show early-1960s outdoor clothing, a small shore boat, bare trees, and a partially frozen lake in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged pause of a person sitting alone by the water while the camera observes from a family-film distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated person, bare trees, frozen lake surface, muddy shoreline, yellow boat edge, winter grass, and soft water reflections.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, slight handheld drift, muted exposure, soft focus, and frame-edge darkness typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, seasonal transition, reflective memory beat, or establishing cutaway for small-town winter life.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for a lakeside leisure moment in 1961 Wauconda without implying a named event or landmark.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable, so copyright, likeness, and any location claims should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm footage, frozen lake home movie, seated person by shore, and Midwest winter cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Wauconda 1961 clips, then broader 1960s lakeside winter or solitary outdoor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda 8mm frame showing a frozen lakeshore, bare trees, and the edge of a yellow boat in the foreground. — Frozen lakeshore with a boat edge and bare winter trees.

A person sits near a tree on the shore of a partially frozen lake in 1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie footage. — Person seated alone near a bare tree by the frozen lake.

1961 Wauconda lakeshore frame with a seated figure at a bare tree, winter grass, and pale frozen water behind. — Seated figure at the base of a shoreline tree.

A seated person rests near two bare shoreline trees, with the partially frozen Wauconda lake behind them. — Solitary seated person beside trees on a cold lakeshore.

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