Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Flooded Road and Riverbank with Submerged Structure

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

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Flooded Road and Riverbank with Submerged Structure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded rural landscape in Wauconda, Illinois. A muddy, water-covered road stretches into the distance, with a white vehicle and a red 'Drewry's' sign visible through bare trees. The scene shifts to a person in a long coat standing at the riverbank, observing a partially submerged white structure in the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, muted colors, and a nostalgic, documentary feel, offering authentic archival footage of a local flood event.

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: 123728855

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: Yes
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: 1961 Wauconda 8mm flood footage supports documentary, education, and local-history edits needing rural road flooding and riverbank observation.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1960s rural Illinois clues, including a white vehicle, bare trees, muddy road, and a visible Drewry's roadside sign.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, moving from floodwater across a road to a coated person quietly watching the riverbank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater over a road, bare trees, fence posts, a white vehicle, a red Drewry's sign, a riverbank, and a partly submerged white structure.
Film character: The 8mm image has dense grain, muted color, soft focus, dark edge vignetting, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for local flooding, rural weather impact, or everyday observation of a swollen river.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a small community landscape affected by high water, without establishing the cause, scale, or named flood event.
Research note: Human review should note a visible person and Drewry's branding; copyright, trademark, likeness, and property questions require separate clearance review.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood, 8mm rural road flooding, home movie riverbank, submerged structure, and Drewry's sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1961 material, then broader rural flood and riverbank home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda home-movie frame showing floodwater across a rural road, with bare trees, fence posts, a white vehicle, and a Drewry's sign. — Flooded rural road seen through bare trees, with a distant vehicle and Drewry's sign.

1961 Wauconda frame of floodwater across a rural road, with dark tree trunks, fence posts, a white vehicle, and a red Drewry's sign. — Floodwater stretches across the road near trees and a distant roadside sign.

1961 Wauconda home-movie view of a water-covered road, roadside fencing, bare trees, a distant white vehicle, and Drewry's signage. — Water covers the road surface near a treeline, fencing, and roadside sign.

1961 Wauconda riverbank frame showing a person in a long coat watching floodwater around a partly submerged white structure. — A coated figure stands at the riverbank, looking toward a partly submerged structure.

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