Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Farmer Watching His Property Being Flooded

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

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Farmer Watching His Property Being Flooded — Clip Details

A man in a dark jacket and cap stands on a flooded rural road in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1961, observing the water covering his property. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the somber mood of a community affected by floodwaters. Bare trees line the background, and a wooden fence is partially submerged. The grainy, blue-tinted image reflects the era's home movie aesthetic, with a quiet, reflective atmosphere as the man surveys the damage.

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: 123728870

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: 1961 8mm footage for productions needing a rural Illinois flood aftermath insert with a lone adult observing water damage.
Period detail: The scene shows 1960s home-movie color, winter-bare trees, simple roadside fencing, and rural clothing consistent with the supplied Wauconda, Illinois metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the quiet, unstaged pause as a man stands at the flood edge and looks across submerged ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a dark jacket and cap, floodwater over a road or yard, bare trees, submerged fence posts, distant parked vehicles, and uneven ice or water ripples.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, blue color cast, dark edge falloff, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a somber cutaway, aftermath insert, or transitional memory beat in a sequence about flooding, rural loss, or community damage.
Historical context: The footage visually places flooding within an everyday rural setting, emphasizing property impact without showing emergency response or wider town conditions.
Research note: A visible adult likeness may require review for commercial use, while copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood home movie, 8mm rural flood aftermath, farmer watching flooded property, and vintage Midwest flooding footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Wauconda material, then other 1961 Illinois flood scenes, then broader rural flooding or property-damage aftermath footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois, a man in dark clothing leans toward floodwater covering a rural road or property in 1961 home-movie footage. — A man bends at the edge of floodwater on a rural road.

The man stands beside floodwater in Wauconda, Illinois, with bare trees, fence posts, and distant vehicles visible in the 1961 frame. — The man looks across water covering the roadside property.

A profile view shows the man surveying the flooded property.

At the end of the clip, the man stands near floodwater in Wauconda, Illinois, with submerged fencing and bare trees beyond him. — The man remains still as floodwater covers the roadside area.

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