Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man Rowing Wooden Boat On Icy Lake In Winter

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

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Man Rowing Wooden Boat On Icy Lake In Winter — Clip Details

A man rows a small wooden boat across a calm, icy lake in Wauconda, Illinois, during a cold winter day in 1961. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the man in a dark coat and hat, paddling steadily through partially frozen water with reeds and bare trees lining the shore. The muted blue and gray tones, grainy texture, and soft focus evoke a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere. This authentic home movie offers a rare glimpse into mid-century outdoor recreation and personal memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123729096

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 winter recreation, small-boat travel, or quiet home-movie inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1960s outdoor clothing, a painted wooden rowboat, and a frozen lakeshore with no visible modern signage or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: An adult rows steadily through broken ice from a distant home-movie viewpoint, giving the scene an unstaged record of cold-weather leisure or practical movement on water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone rower, pale wooden boat, oars, broken lake ice, dark water, reeds, bare trees, and soft winter light.
Film character: The 8mm image has blue-gray winter color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight frame variation that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, transition, seasonal cutaway, or contemplative memory beat for winter, solitude, or lakeside life.
Historical context: The scene documents a person moving across a partially frozen lake in Wauconda, Illinois, with visual emphasis on winter conditions and shoreline vegetation.
Research note: A person is visible from behind or at distance, so copyright, likeness, and location-use review should be handled separately before release-sensitive use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 8mm winter lake rowboat, Wauconda Illinois home movie, man rowing on icy water, and vintage Midwest frozen lake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or Illinois 1961 material, then broader 1960s winter lake and home-movie recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing an adult rowing a small pale wooden boat through broken lake ice. — A rower moves through a partially frozen lake near a reed-lined winter shore.

A distant adult rower in a pale boat crosses icy water in Wauconda, Illinois, with bare shoreline trees in the background. — The boat advances through thin ice with the rower seen from behind.

Mid-century 8mm frame of an adult rowing a small wooden boat through broken ice on a winter lake in Wauconda, Illinois. — The rower works both oars while the boat cuts through scattered ice.

A lone adult rower continues across a partially frozen Wauconda lake, framed by reeds and bare winter trees. — The boat passes through a band of broken ice near the winter shoreline.

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