Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: View Of Blue Object Floating On Flooded Lake On A

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

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View Of Blue Object Floating On Flooded Lake On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded lakeside scene in Wauconda, Illinois. A small blue and white boat floats near a partially submerged wooden dock, surrounded by water that has inundated the shoreline. Bare trees line the flooded area, with houses visible in the distance under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded look, conveying a quiet, melancholic mood of a community affected by high water. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s Americana for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123728595

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1961 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet flooded-lakeside cutaway in Midwestern small-town Americana.
Period detail: The bare trees, simple wooden dock, distant houses, and small blue-and-white boat support an early-1960s residential lake setting, with Wauconda, Illinois supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a shoreline vantage point, preserving an unstaged household view of high water around a familiar dock rather than a news-style survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a flooded lake edge, small blue-and-white boat, partly submerged dock, wooden posts, bare trees, distant houses, and winter-brown ground.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue color shift, gate edges, grain, and slight frame weave that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as an establishing insert, weather aftermath cutaway, memory beat, or quiet transition within a lake community sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows residential shoreline flooding and seasonal tree cover, offering visual context for everyday lakeside life without identifying a specific storm or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm lake flooding, vintage home movie flooded dock, blue boat on flooded shoreline, and 1960s Midwest lake scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1961 lake footage, then broader 1960s home movies of flooding, docks, boats, or shoreline weather aftermath.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing a blue-and-white boat near a partly submerged dock on a flooded lakeshore. — A small boat floats near a dock surrounded by high water along a bare-tree shoreline.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois view of high water around a dock, with a small boat at left and bare trees across the lake. — High water surrounds the dock while the small boat sits near the flooded shoreline.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame of a flooded lakeshore, partly submerged dock, bare trees, and a blue-and-white boat near the bank. — The dock and shoreline posts stand in high water with winter-bare trees in the background.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois lakeside frame showing floodwater over the shore, a low dock, vertical posts, and a small blue-and-white boat. — A flooded lakeside dock and posts frame the small boat beside the high waterline.

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