Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two People Walking near Flooded House

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

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Two People Walking near Flooded House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded landscape in Wauconda, Illinois. Two people, a man and a woman in heavy winter coats, walk along the muddy bank of a swollen river, their figures framed by bare trees. The water has inundated the area, submerging fence posts and reaching the foundation of a white house. The scene is overcast and somber, with muted colors and classic Super 8 grain, evoking a sense of quiet resilience during 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: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123728789

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 brief flood aftermath, rural-suburban weather impact, or everyday residents near water-damaged property.
Period detail: The coats, muted color 8mm stock, white clapboard-style house, and bare winter trees support an early-1960s Midwestern home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as two bundled adults walk along a muddy flooded bank while the camera observes nearby high water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, heavy coats, bare trees, swollen water, muddy ground, submerged posts, a small dock or walkway, and a white house.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted exposure, slight handheld framing, and contact-print texture that signal original physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, weather aftermath cutaway, local-history transition, or quiet memory beat about flooding near homes.
Historical context: The footage visually documents high water reaching yards and structures in Wauconda, without establishing a specific named flood event from the frames alone.
Research note: People and a house are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to copyright or source-rights checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood home movie, 8mm flooded house, Midwestern high water, and people walking near flood damage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader home-movie flood and severe-weather aftermath clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Wauconda, Illinois footage, two adults in heavy coats walk along a muddy bank beside high water and leafless trees. — Two adults walk near the edge of a flooded wooded area.

High water stands among bare trees and near a white house in Wauconda, Illinois, with muddy ground and submerged posts visible. — Floodwater reaches the yard beside a white house.

The 1961 home-movie frame shows a flooded Wauconda yard, bare trees reflected in water, and the side of a white house. — High water covers the yard beside bare trees and a house.

A white house stands beside high floodwater and leafless trees in this 1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame. — Floodwater sits close to the side of a white house.

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