Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: White House by Winter Lake Dock with Frozen Water

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

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White House by Winter Lake Dock with Frozen Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a quiet winter scene at a rural lakeside in Wauconda, Illinois. A white-sided house stands beside a flooded dock where a small boat rests, partially submerged in icy water. Bare trees line the shore under a pale sky, with a distant treeline and scattered homes visible across the frozen lake. The footage shows slight camera movement, with natural film grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic archival clip evokes nostalgia for mid-century American life and seasonal change.

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: 123728722

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 Midwest home-movie requests needing a quiet winter lakeside cutaway or rural Illinois seasonal establishing shot.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show mid-century lakeshore housing, simple dock posts, a small boat, bare trees, and a snow-or-ice-covered lake edge.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film viewpoint, observing a still lakeshore from a nearby yard rather than presenting a composed scenic postcard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white-sided house, flooded dock posts, a small white boat, bare shoreline trees, icy lake water, distant homes, and winter grass.
Film character: Soft 8mm grain, slight gate shadowing, muted color, and minor handheld drift give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter insert, rural transition, lake cutaway, or quiet memory beat between family or travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene records everyday lakeside conditions in Wauconda, Illinois, with seasonal water and ice around modest docks and homes.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related use should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois lake, 8mm winter dock boat, Midwest rural lakeshore, icy water home movie, and vintage lake cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Wauconda footage, then other 1961 Illinois lake scenes, then broader winter dock, boat, and rural shoreline material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a white-sided house beside a flooded dock, small boat, bare trees, and icy lake water. — White house and small boat beside a flooded winter dock on a quiet lakeshore.

1961 Wauconda lakeshore view with a small boat at a flooded dock, bare trees, pale sky, and distant winter shoreline. — A small boat rests near dock posts in icy water, with bare trees along the shore.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame of a winter lakeside yard facing a flooded dock, small boat, bare trees, and icy lake. — Winter yard and flooded dock area looking toward a quiet lake and distant shore.

1961 Wauconda lakeshore frame showing flooded dock posts, a small boat, bare trees, winter grass, icy water, and distant homes. — Flooded dock posts and a small boat sit along the winter lakeshore.

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