Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man And Woman Looking At Water Flooding Over A Road

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

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Man And Woman Looking At Water Flooding Over A Road — Clip Details

A woman in a long coat stands on a flooded rural road in Wauconda, Illinois, 1961, as a man joins her to survey the water covering the pavement. The 8mm home movie captures the aftermath of heavy rain or spring melt, with icy water pooling across the road and bare trees lining the background. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage shows natural grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective, conveying a quiet moment of concern during a period of disrupted access. The scene reflects mid-century American life and the challenges of rural infrastructure.

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: 123728930

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: 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: Supports requests for early 1960s Midwestern home-movie footage of rural road flooding, local weather disruption, or residents surveying blocked access for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The long overcoat, bare roadside trees, utility pole, and soft color 8mm look fit the supplied 1961 Wauconda, Illinois context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of two adults pausing at a flooded road, with the camera observing their cautious movement and attention to the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a long coat, a man near the flooded roadway, standing water or ice across the pavement, bare trees, fence posts, a utility pole, and a distant house.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, cool faded color, rounded frame edges, and slight handheld instability that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for weather aftermath, rural access problems, or everyday community disruption.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests mid-century rural or semi-rural infrastructure meeting seasonal flooding, based on the road, open land, bare trees, and residents inspecting the crossing.
Research note: Adults are visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, location, and any property considerations should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm flooding, rural road underwater home movie, Midwestern flood aftermath, and people looking at blocked road.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Wauconda material, then broader rural flooding, road access, weather aftermath, and Midwest home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois, 1961, a woman in a long coat stands near a wet roadside as a house and bare trees sit in the background. — Woman pauses beside the flooded rural road.

The 1961 Wauconda home movie shows a man and woman separated by a flooded road, with bare trees, fence posts, and standing water nearby. — Two adults survey water blocking the road.

In the Wauconda, Illinois footage, the man looks toward water across the pavement as the woman waits near the edge of the flooded road. — The man and woman remain at the water-covered crossing.

The final frame shows the woman moving along the roadside in Wauconda while the man remains near the flooded section of road. — Woman steps along the roadside as the man watches the floodwater.

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