Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Flood View Of The River After Heavy Rains That

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

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Flood View Of The River After Heavy Rains That — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded landscape in Wauconda, Illinois. The clip shows murky water covering the ground, with houses and bare trees visible in the distance. A submerged log or debris floats near the shore, and the overcast sky casts a cool, muted tone over the scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a natural disaster 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: 123728629

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: Supports 1960s Midwest flood, rain aftermath, and small-town landscape requests for documentary inserts or regional history edits.
Period detail: The 1961 8mm footage may show modest lakeside or riverside buildings, bare trees, and undeveloped shoreline typical of a small Illinois community.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie view of high water from a quiet shoreline or window-like vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater, bare trees, distant low buildings, a wooded bank, floating logs or debris, pale sky, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, cool faded color, slight blur, and handheld framing that preserves the physical-film texture of the scene.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for storm damage and flooded-landscape sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents water covering low ground near trees and buildings, offering visual context for local rain or flood conditions without identifying a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any property-context questions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood footage, 8mm Midwest heavy rain aftermath, and vintage home movie flooded river view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader flood, storm aftermath, and rural waterway footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm view of floodwater by leafless trees, with floating debris near the shore. — Floodwater spreads across a wooded shoreline with debris visible near the left edge.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois flooded shoreline with bare trees and low buildings seen across high water. — Distant buildings sit beyond high water and leafless trees during the flood view.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing floodwater, distant buildings, bare trees, and floating logs or debris. — The camera looks across floodwater toward low buildings and a wooded bank.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame of floodwater with bare trees, distant buildings, and a large tree trunk. — A large tree trunk frames the flooded view toward buildings on the far bank.

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