Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Flooded Property with Submerged Dock

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

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Flooded Property with Submerged Dock — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded lakeside property in Wauconda, Illinois. Bare trees stand in murky water, with a partially submerged wooden dock and a small green bench visible. A dark, dilapidated structure and scattered debris sit at the water's edge, suggesting a flooded fishery or boathouse. The footage shows a quiet, melancholic scene of nature reclaiming a man-made site, with soft color tones and classic film grain characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s.

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: 123728566

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1961 Midwest flood, lakeside property, fishery, or small-town environmental cutaways in documentary and museum edits.
Period detail: The bare trees, simple wooden dock, small bench, and 8mm color stock may show an early-1960s home-movie view of flooding near Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes quietly from shore, preserving an unstaged resident or visitor view of high water around ordinary lakeside structures.
What appears in frame: Visible details include floodwater, leafless trees, a partly submerged dock, a small green bench, a dark shed-like structure, cut logs, and shoreline debris.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, environmental cutaway, or memory beat for flooding, waterfront change, or rural lake conditions.
Historical context: The footage documents a quiet flooded shoreline scene without people, showing water encroaching on small man-made features in a lakeside setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood footage, 8mm flooded dock, vintage lakeside flooding, and home movie fishery shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader flood, lake, dock, and shoreline footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing floodwater around leafless trees, a partially submerged dock, and a small green bench. — Flooded shoreline with bare trees, dock posts, and a small green bench above the water.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame with a dark shed-like structure, piled logs, debris, and floodwater among leafless trees. — Dark structure and log pile at the edge of a flooded, tree-lined shoreline.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm view of a flooded lakeside edge with a dark shed-like structure, cut logs, and bare trees. — Floodwater reaches a dark shoreline structure and scattered logs beneath leafless trees.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing a dark shoreline structure, piled logs, and floodwater extending through leafless trees. — High water surrounds trees behind a dark lakeside structure and log pile.

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