Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two Homes Partially Submerged in Flooded Marsh

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

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Two Homes Partially Submerged in Flooded Marsh — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded landscape in Wauconda, Illinois. The view, framed by a window, shows two small homes partially submerged in a large marsh. Bare trees stand in the water, their reflections visible on the surface. The scene conveys a quiet, melancholic mood, with muted colors and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into a past environmental event, ideal for historical or documentary projects.

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: 123728554

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 Wauconda home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts on flooding, Midwestern residential landscapes, marshland, or environmental memory.
Period detail: The bare trees, small waterside houses, 8mm color stock, and simple rural framing may show an early 1960s residential edge of Wauconda during high water.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels casually filmed from behind or near a window, preserving a household observer's quiet record of water around nearby homes.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flooded ground, leafless trees, reflective water, two small homes, a dark shed-like structure, brush piles, and a muddy track.
Film character: Soft 8mm grain, slight exposure shifts, muted color, frame-edge darkness, and gentle camera movement give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief establishing cutaway, environmental transition, memory beat, or visual evidence of residential flooding.
Historical context: The scene visually documents water encroaching on modest homes and winter-bare vegetation, without identifying a specific storm or event beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and property-context review should remain separate from visible likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood footage, 8mm flooded homes, Midwestern marsh landscape, and vintage residential water damage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1961 material, then broader 1960s flood, marsh, or rural home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda 8mm frame showing floodwater around bare trees near a small dark structure and distant wooded horizon. — Floodwater surrounds bare trees and a small structure near homes in Wauconda.

1961 Wauconda home-movie frame with floodwater, leafless trees, a dark shed-like structure, brush, and a house edge. — Water fills the low ground around trees and nearby structures.

1961 Wauconda frame showing a small home and dark structure beside floodwater with bare trees and brush in view. — A small home and nearby structure sit beside reflective floodwater.

1961 Wauconda 8mm frame of floodwater near a small house, bare trees, brush, and a distant wooded horizon. — Floodwater extends behind a small house and through leafless trees.

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