Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Flooded Woodland with Bare Trees and Reflective Pond

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

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Flooded Woodland with Bare Trees and Reflective Pond — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil, overcast day at a flooded woodland area in Wauconda, Illinois. Bare trees frame a still pond reflecting the gray sky, with fallen leaves scattered across the waterlogged ground. The cool blue and muted green tones evoke a quiet, melancholic atmosphere, characteristic of mid-century amateur film. The camera remains steady, offering a contemplative view of nature in a damp, wintry state. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123729039

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet mid-century nature cutaway of flooded woodland in Wauconda, Illinois.
Period detail: The scene may show early 1960s amateur color-film rendering, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signage, or other date-specific objects in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged observer's view of a damp wooded pond, held quietly without people, performance, or planned action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bare trees, reflective pond water, flooded leaf litter, low brush, a sloped bank, overcast sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, cool color bias, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, seasonal transition, reflective memory beat, or quiet establishing cutaway within a home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a local wet woodland or pond edge in Wauconda, offering visual context for suburban or rural Illinois landscape without visible human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 8mm Wauconda pond footage, flooded woodland home movie, bare trees reflective water, and Illinois nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1961 material, then broader 1960s Midwest pond, woodland, flood, or winter landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing bare trees, still pond water, and flooded leaf litter under an overcast sky. — Bare trees and reflective water in a flooded wooded area.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame with a leafless tree near reflective pond water and damp woodland ground. — A leafless tree stands at the edge of a flooded pond.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame looking across waterlogged leaves, bare branches, and a reflective pond edge. — Flooded leaves and bare branches frame the pond edge.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing a quiet flooded woodland pond with bare trees, brush, and cool blue-green film color. — A quiet flooded woodland pond with bare trees and reflected sky.

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