Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Brick House Partially Submerged After Severe Storm

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

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Brick House Partially Submerged After Severe Storm — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded rural scene in Wauconda, Illinois. A small brick house stands partially submerged in murky water, surrounded by debris and bare winter trees. The overcast sky and muddy terrain convey the aftermath of a severe storm. The footage, viewed through a natural frame, shows subtle camera movement and the characteristic grain and color fade of Super 8 film, offering a poignant glimpse into mid-century American life and environmental hardship.

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: 123728524

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 documentary or educational edits needing real home-movie evidence of storm flooding around a rural Midwestern house.
Period detail: The 8mm frame may show early-1960s rural residential architecture, leafless trees, muddy ground, and floodwater surrounding a small brick house.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged household viewpoint, watching damage from a nearby sheltered or obstructed position rather than a formal news angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small brick house, standing floodwater, bare trees, muddy tire-marked ground, branches and storm debris, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight handheld drift, cool faded color, and uneven exposure that support its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, aftermath insert, or memory beat for weather damage, flooding, rural vulnerability, or family property loss.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a residential landscape affected by flooding, without enough evidence in the frames to identify the storm or broader event.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but the identifiable house and property context may need separate property and location review beyond copyright clearance.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm flood footage, rural house in floodwater, storm aftermath home movie, or Midwest residential flooding.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader storm aftermath and flood-damage home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda home-movie frame showing a small brick house partly surrounded by floodwater after a storm. — A brick house stands amid floodwater and storm debris near bare trees.

1961 Wauconda frame with a brick house, high water, muddy foreground, and storm debris in a rural setting. — Floodwater reaches around the house while branches and muddy tracks fill the foreground.

Home-movie view from Wauconda in 1961 showing a flooded brick house framed by dark edges and bare trees. — The handheld view holds on the flooded house through dark frame edges.

1961 Wauconda flood aftermath frame showing a small brick house, standing water, bare trees, and muddy ground. — Standing water and storm debris surround the small house at the end of the clip.

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