Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Flooded Dock On Calm Lake With Submerged Pier In Fall

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

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Flooded Dock On Calm Lake With Submerged Pier In Fall — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded lakeside scene in Wauconda, Illinois. A wooden dock with a green bench sits partially submerged in calm, reflective water, surrounded by bare trees suggesting late fall. A small blue and white boat rests near the shore, while houses are visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a slightly tilted frame, conveying a quiet, melancholic atmosphere of a community affected by high water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123728582

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Wauconda, Illinois, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing a quiet Midwestern lakeside flood cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The scene may show early-1960s recreational lakefront details, including simple wooden docks, a small boat, bare trees, and distant shoreline houses.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on an unstaged flooded shoreline from a resident or visitor perspective, preserving a calm observation rather than a planned news scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a partially submerged wooden dock, green bench or platform, calm lake water, bare trees, shoreline grass, a small blue and white boat, and distant houses.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight frame weave, cool color fading, and dark contact-sheet borders that give the material clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, transition, environmental cutaway, or reflective memory beat for lake flooding, seasonal change, or quiet residential waterfronts.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a lakeside community coping with high water, with no people visible and no specific cause of flooding shown in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, shoreline property, and any required releases should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm lake flood, submerged dock home movie, calm flooded pier, Midwestern lakefront fall footage, and vintage shoreline cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois lake material, then broader flooded dock, fall shoreline, and residential waterfront scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a partially submerged dock, green bench, calm lake water, bare trees, and a small boat at left. — A flooded lakeside dock sits in still water with bare trees and a small boat nearby.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois lakeside view with a flooded wooden pier, green bench, still reflective water, bare trees, and distant houses. — The flooded pier and bench remain steady in the frame, reflected in the quiet lake.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame of a flooded dock and green bench near a small boat, with bare trees and distant shoreline beyond. — A small boat rests near the flooded dock while bare trees line the opposite shore.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing high water around dock posts, a green bench, bare trees, shoreline grass, and a small boat at left. — High water surrounds the dock posts and green bench along the quiet lakefront.

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