Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man Inspecting Feet in Flooded Field

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

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Man Inspecting Feet in Flooded Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded rural landscape in Wauconda, Illinois. The clip opens on a snow-dusted field behind a wooden fence, with a wire gate and a small sign visible. A man in a dark jacket and light pants stands in the icy water, bending over to inspect his feet, suggesting he has stepped into the flood. The scene is framed by dark tree silhouettes under a pale sky, with the characteristic grain and color fade of Super 8 film. This archival footage offers a candid moment of winter hardship and resilience, ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or editorial projects on climate and rural life.

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: 123728883

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 rural Illinois home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts on winter flooding, farm edges, local weather damage, or everyday responses to icy water.
Period detail: The wooden fence, wire gate, muted color 8mm stock, and winter rural setting support an early-1960s home-movie reading without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the unstaged moment of a man bending over in shallow floodwater, apparently checking his feet after stepping into the icy field.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snow-dusted field, standing water or ice, a wooden fence and gate, bare trees, a small sign, and a man in dark outerwear.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight exposure variation, faded color, rounded frame edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transitional weather beat, or human-scale insert within a sequence about flooding, winter rural life, or local memory.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a rural property edge affected by cold-season flooding, with a single adult reacting to the water rather than a staged event.
Research note: An adult person is visible and may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1961 8mm Wauconda Illinois flooding, man in icy field, rural winter home movie, and flooded fence line footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, and then broader rural flooding or winter landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a flooded winter field behind a wooden fence, with bare trees and a small sign near the gate. — Flooded rural field seen from behind a wooden fence and gate.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame of a wet or icy field bordered by a wooden gate, fence posts, bare trees, and open winter sky. — Wooden gate frames the flooded field and distant tree line.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing an adult man in a dark jacket and light pants standing in shallow floodwater near leafless trees. — Man pauses in the icy flooded area near the trees.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame of an adult man bending to inspect his feet while standing in cold flooded ground near trees and fencing. — The man bends over to check his feet in the flooded field.

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