Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Lakeside House with Water Tank and Calm Lake

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

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Lakeside House with Water Tank and Calm Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a quiet lakeside residence in Wauconda, Illinois. The footage shows a modest white-sided house with a large water tank and outdoor equipment beside a calm, reflective lake. Bare trees line the far shore under an overcast sky, creating a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and natural film imperfections enhance the authentic 1960s home movie feel. This archival clip offers a serene glimpse into mid-century American suburban life by the water.

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: 123728656

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: Useful for 1960s U.S. home-movie requests needing a quiet lakeside residence cutaway or suburban-rural establishing detail.
Period detail: The white siding, simple yard equipment, and 8mm color stock may show early-1960s domestic lakeside living in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's view from near the house, holding on the shoreline and yard without people or posed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white-sided house edge, outdoor tank or equipment, lawn, calm lake water, bare trees, distant shore, and soft overcast light.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, slight color fading, gate shadow, soft focus, and mild handheld steadiness consistent with home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, memory beat, transition, or quiet cutaway for mid-century lakeside domestic life.
Historical context: The scene places a modest residence beside a lake, offering visual context for leisure-adjacent suburban or small-town living without visible people.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are visible or indicated, but the residential exterior and copyright status still require normal rights review.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 8mm Wauconda lake house, 1960s Illinois home movie, lakeside residence cutaway, and quiet suburban shore footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then Wauconda or Illinois 1961 material, then other 1960s lakeside homes, yards, and quiet residential views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a white-sided house edge, outdoor equipment, lawn, lake, and bare trees across the shore. — A quiet lakeside residence with outdoor equipment beside the water.

The lakeside house remains at frame right, with yard equipment near the wall and reflective water stretching toward bare trees. — The camera holds on the side of the house and the calm lake beyond.

A slightly shifted 8mm view of the Wauconda lakeside residence shows the house edge, equipment, grass, water, and wooded far bank. — A modest house stands close to the lake on a quiet overcast day.

Final frame holds the same lakeside residential view, with white siding, outdoor equipment, calm water, and leafless trees across the lake. — The short shot ends on the lakeside house and still water.

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