Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man Fishes On Flooded Road Near House

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

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Man Fishes On Flooded Road Near House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a man fishing on a flooded road near a house in Wauconda, Illinois. The scene unfolds under an overcast sky, with bare trees lining the muddy, waterlogged path. A man in a dark jacket and cap stands at the edge of the floodwaters, casting his line. In the background, a white vehicle is parked near a wooden fence and a sign reading 'BREWERS'. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, documentary feel, offering a rare glimpse of a quiet, rural moment from the early 1960s.

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: 123728864

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: Useful for 1960s Illinois home-movie requests needing rural flooding, roadside fishing, or everyday weather disruption as documentary context.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s rural roadside details, including bare trees, simple fencing, a parked white vehicle, and an unpaved or water-covered lane.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a lone man treating a flooded road as a fishing spot while the camera observes from a nearby roadside position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include floodwater across the road, a man with fishing gear, leafless trees, fence posts, a house or outbuilding, a white vehicle, and a BREWERS sign.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color shift, and handheld framing that mark it as physical home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, weather cutaway, rural transition, or memory beat about flooding and everyday leisure.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a quiet residential or rural edge of Wauconda, where floodwater has temporarily changed ordinary roadside use.
Research note: A person and a readable sign are visible, so copyright, likeness, signage, and location-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood, 8mm man fishing on flooded road, rural Illinois home movie, and vintage floodwater street may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Wauconda footage, then other 1961 Illinois scenes, then broader themes of flooding, fishing, rural roads, and home-movie weather records.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois, a man appears to fish beside a flooded road lined with bare trees in 1961 home-movie footage. — A man stands at the edge of floodwater on a rural, tree-lined road.

Floodwater covers part of a roadside in Wauconda, Illinois, with a white vehicle, fence posts, trees, and a BREWERS sign visible. — Floodwater spreads across the road near a fence, parked vehicle, and BREWERS sign.

A wide 1961 Wauconda home-movie frame shows floodwater on a muddy roadside with fencing, trees, a parked vehicle, and a BREWERS sign. — The camera looks across the flooded road toward fencing, trees, and roadside structures.

The flooded roadside in Wauconda, Illinois, curves past fence posts toward a house or outbuilding, parked vehicle, and BREWERS sign. — Floodwater and a muddy lane lead toward a fenced roadside property and parked vehicle.

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