Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two People Rowing Across Icy Lake

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

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Two People Rowing Across Icy Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two people in a small rowboat gliding across a calm, icy lake in Wauconda, Illinois. The overcast sky casts a cool blue tone over the scene, with bare trees lining the distant shore. One person rows steadily while the other sits quietly, both dressed in dark winter clothing. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 footage enhances its nostalgic, archival feel, evoking a quiet moment of winter recreation from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123729062

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: Useful for 1960s Midwest home-movie requests needing quiet winter recreation, small-boat activity, or icy-lake atmosphere for documentary inserts.
Period detail: The dark winter clothing, small rowboat, bare shoreline trees, and 8mm color stock support an early-1960s home-movie reading without visible modern details.
Home-movie behavior: Two people appear in an unstaged rowing scene, with one person handling the oars while the other sits quietly as the boat moves across cold water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small pale rowboat, two bundled people, oars, calm rippled water, icy patches, bare trees, and a dark shoreline.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, cool exposure, slight frame jitter, and dark rounded film edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, seasonal transition, memory beat, or establishing insert for winter leisure near a lake.
Historical context: The scene records everyday outdoor recreation in Wauconda, Illinois, with winter conditions visible through ice on the water and leafless trees.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 8mm Wauconda Illinois lake footage, vintage rowboat on icy water, and 1960s home movie winter recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader vintage winter lake or boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing two bundled people in a pale rowboat on a cold lake with ice and bare trees. — Two people ride in a small rowboat across an icy lake bordered by leafless trees.

Two bundled people move across an icy Wauconda lake in a small rowboat, with one person appearing to row under an overcast sky. — A rowboat glides past broken ice as one occupant handles the oars.

Home-movie frame from Wauconda, Illinois, showing a pale rowboat with two people crossing cold water near floating ice. — The boat continues across the lake, framed by dark film edges and a winter shoreline.

1961 8mm frame of two people in a small rowboat on an icy Wauconda lake, with ripples, bare trees, and cool winter light. — Two bundled boaters pass across the icy lake in a brief winter home-movie shot.

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