Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two People Conversing at Flooded Pond in Gloomy Weather

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

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Two People Conversing at Flooded Pond in Gloomy Weather — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two people standing by a flooded pond in Wauconda, Illinois. Dressed in heavy coats, they converse near the water's edge as a partially submerged white structure and a tire float in the murky water. Bare trees line the background under an overcast sky, creating a somber, wintry atmosphere. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a quiet, gloomy day in a rural setting.

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: 123728831

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 Midwestern home-movie requests needing a quiet rural flood, pond, or winter-weather cutaway with visible adults in an unstaged setting.
Period detail: The heavy coats, bare trees, 8mm color stock, and simple rural pond setting support the supplied 1961 Wauconda, Illinois context without identifying a specific event.
Home-movie behavior: Two adults appear to pause and converse at the water's edge, giving the clip an observational home-movie quality rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two bundled adults, a flooded pond, bare trees, muddy bank, a partially submerged white object, a tire-like float, and handheld framing through dark tree trunks.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm grain, muted winter color, slight exposure falloff, and handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for rural flooding, cold-weather observation, or quiet small-town life.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests local water overflow or a flooded pond in a rural residential landscape, but the frames do not identify cause, scale, or damage.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal or property rights.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm flood pond, two adults by flooded water, rural Midwest home movie, and gloomy winter pond scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1961 Wauconda or Illinois material, then with rural flooding, ponds, winter weather, and small-town home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1961 Wauconda, Illinois context, two bundled adults stand by a flooded pond with bare trees and a partly submerged object nearby. — Two adults stand at the edge of a flooded pond in a cold, overcast rural setting.

Two adults appear to converse near the flooded pond in Wauconda, Illinois, with bare trees and debris or a small structure in the water. — The pair stands close together near the waterline as the pond fills most of the frame.

In this 8mm home-movie frame, two adults stand on the bank of a flooded pond in the supplied Wauconda, Illinois location. — Two bundled figures remain near the pond, framed by winter trees and muted water.

Two adults stand side by side at the flooded pond in the supplied 1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie footage, with bare trees behind them. — The clip ends with the two figures side by side at the water's edge under gloomy light.

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