Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Frozen Lake With Flipped Boat on Shore

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

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Frozen Lake With Flipped Boat on Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a quiet winter scene at a frozen lake in Wauconda, Illinois. A yellow and white boat lies overturned on the muddy shore, its hull exposed against the icy water. Bare trees line the lake’s edge, their dark silhouettes reflected in the still, snow-covered surface. The footage shows subtle camera movement, revealing the desolate, cold atmosphere of a winter day. Grainy film texture and faded colors enhance the nostalgic, archival quality of this classic American home movie.

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: 123728490

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 winter inserts, lake cutaways, and quiet home-movie atmosphere in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s recreational lakeshore detail through an overturned small boat, bare trees, muted color, and 8mm home-movie framing.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels like an unstaged family-film observation, pausing on a cold shoreline rather than recording an event or posed subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow and white overturned boat, icy lake surface, muddy shore, leafless trees, water reflections, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, faded winter color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief seasonal cutaway, memory beat, transition into winter, or establishing insert for a lakeside setting.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a quiet recreational lakeshore in Wauconda, Illinois, with no people or identifiable activity visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or property questions for their project.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois frozen lake, 8mm winter lake home movie, overturned boat on shore, and vintage Midwest lakeshore footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Wauconda material, then broader winter lake, boat, and Midwestern home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing an overturned yellow and white boat on a winter lakeshore with bare trees and still icy water. — An overturned boat rests along the muddy edge of a frozen lake, with bare trees reflected behind it.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame of a flipped boat near icy water, with leafless trees and muted winter reflections in the background. — The camera holds on the flipped boat as the frozen lake and bare shoreline trees fill the background.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm still showing the lower edge of an overturned boat, muddy winter shore, and pale icy lake beyond. — The boat slips partly out of frame while the icy water and muddy shoreline become more prominent.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois winter lakeshore frame with an overturned yellow boat edge, muddy bank, icy water, and distant bare trees. — The final frame emphasizes the still lake surface and winter shoreline, with the overturned boat remaining at the bottom edge.

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