Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two People Rowing On A Boat In A Lake Surrounded By Trees

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

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Two People Rowing On A Boat In A Lake Surrounded By Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two people rowing a small boat on a calm lake in Wauconda, Illinois. One person rows while the other sits, both dressed in dark winter clothing. The scene unfolds under an overcast sky, with bare trees and reeds lining the shoreline. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a soft focus, evoking a quiet, nostalgic mid-century American moment. The camera remains steady, observing the rowers from a distance as they glide across the water.

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: 123729098

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 American home-movie requests needing quiet lakeside recreation, small-boat rowing, or wintery outdoor leisure as documentary or editorial B-roll.
Period detail: The dark coats, soft 8mm color, small rowboat, bare trees, and muted shoreline may show early-1960s Midwestern recreation without visible modern signage or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its distant, patient view of two people moving slowly across a calm lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two people, a pale rowboat, oars, calm water, bare trees, reeds, an overcast sky, and a low shoreline.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through soft focus, blue-cool color fading, visible grain, slight exposure fluctuation, and steady distant framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective insert, seasonal transition, lake cutaway, or memory beat between family, recreation, or small-town Illinois scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor leisure around a Midwestern lake, with clothing and leafless trees suggesting cool-weather rowing rather than summer boating.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, brands, private property, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 8mm Wauconda Illinois lake rowing, vintage home movie rowboat, 1960s Midwest recreation, and calm water with bare trees.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Wauconda material, then other 1961 Illinois lake footage, then broader vintage rowing, water recreation, and quiet winter shoreline scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two people ride in a small rowboat on a calm Wauconda, Illinois lake in 1961, with bare trees and reeds along the far shore. — A small rowboat moves across calm water with two people aboard and a leafless shoreline behind them.

A distant 1961 home-movie view shows two people in a small rowboat on a Wauconda lake, framed by bare branches and reeds. — The rowboat continues across the lake, seen from a distance beneath overhanging bare branches.

A person rows a pale boat on a Wauconda lake in 1961 while another passenger sits low, with reeds and cool-toned water behind them. — Viewed from behind, the rower pulls the oars while the boat sits low against the muted shoreline.

The rowboat is seen from behind on the Wauconda lake, with one person rowing, another seated, and bare trees across the shoreline. — Long oars stretch across the frame as the boat moves away over still water.

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