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Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Flooded Home With Propane Tank Near Water

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Flooded Home With Propane Tank Near Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded rural property in Wauconda, Illinois. A white clapboard house stands partially submerged, with water covering the yard and surrounding trees. A white propane tank sits on a raised platform near the house, and bare branches reflect in the still, murky water. The scene, framed by the film's natural grain and slight color fading, evokes a quiet, melancholic mood of a community coping with a natural disaster. This archival footage offers a poignant glimpse into mid-century American life and environmental challenges.

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
123728754

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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Topics & Keywords

  • home
  • lake
  • propane
  • swampy
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  • area
  • nature
  • wauconda illinois USA
  • 1961
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  • Wauconda Illinois flood
  • vintage 8mm film
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  • rural flood
  • archival home movie
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  • American flood
  • propane tank near water
  • swampy area
  • water damage
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage documentary
  • historic footage
  • old film
  • nostalgic clip
  • weather disaster
  • Midwest flood
  • 1960s Americana
  • home movie footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1961 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational requests about flooding, rural homes, and mid-century Illinois property scenes.
Period detail
The white clapboard siding, small raised propane tank, and 8mm color stock support an early 1960s rural or lakeside residential setting.
Home-movie behavior
The camera holds on the flooded yard from a nearby vantage point, preserving a quiet witness view rather than a staged news scene.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a white house, raised propane tank, floodwater, bare trees, muddy ground, fence posts, reflected branches, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character
The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that retain the physical texture of a home-movie scan.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a cutaway, environmental insert, or memory beat for flood damage, rural vulnerability, or community aftermath.
Historical context
The scene documents water encroaching on a residential property, suggesting everyday infrastructure and landscape disruption without showing people or response activity.
Research note
No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but the house and property setting may still require context review separate from copyright licensing.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood footage, 8mm flooded house, propane tank near water, rural home movie flood, and mid-century residential flooding.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or Illinois 1961 material, then broader home-movie footage of floods and water-damaged property.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing floodwater around a white house, bare trees, fence posts, and a raised propane tank.
Floodwater reaches the yard beside a white house with a propane tank on a raised platform.
1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame with a white clapboard house, standing floodwater, bare trees, and a propane tank close to the waterline.
A white house stands beside still floodwater with tree reflections across the yard.
1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie view of a flooded yard, white house, raised propane tank, bare trees, and branch reflections in still water.
The flooded yard fills the foreground while the house and propane tank remain just above the water.
1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing a white residential building, propane tank, bare trees, muddy ground, and floodwater across the property.
A propane tank sits near the side of a white house as floodwater covers the surrounding ground.

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