Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two People Canoeing In A Lake Full Of Ice

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

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Two People Canoeing In A Lake Full Of Ice — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two men in a small rowboat on a frozen lake in Wauconda, Illinois. One man stands at the stern, rowing through the icy water, while the other sits in the bow. The scene is framed by bare tree branches against a muted, overcast sky, with the cold blue tones and grainy texture of the film emphasizing the winter atmosphere. The boat cuts through the ice, creating ripples and splashes, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a quiet, cold day on the lake.

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: 123729109

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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for documentary or museum edits needing a quiet winter lake scene with two people moving a small boat through ice.
Period detail: The muted color, bare trees, winter clothing, small rowboat, and 8mm texture support the supplied 1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is observational and unstaged, with one person standing to push or row while another sits as the boat works slowly through icy water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small pale boat, two bundled figures, ice-covered lake water, ripples, bare shoreline trees, and dark overhanging branches.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm look with soft focus, cool blue cast, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame edge darkness that reads as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter insert, memory beat, regional establishing cutaway, or transition into material about lakes, recreation, cold weather, or family archives.
Historical context: The footage shows informal outdoor recreation or travel on a partially frozen lake, offering social context without identifying the people or exact lake activity beyond what is visible.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, interiors, or private property are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 8mm Wauconda winter lake, Illinois frozen lake rowboat, vintage home movie boating through ice, and 1960s cold-weather recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1961 Wauconda or Illinois lake footage, then with broader winter recreation and frozen-water home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing two bundled people in a small boat moving through a partly frozen lake. — Two figures travel in a small boat across icy water, framed by bare winter trees.

8mm home-movie frame from Wauconda, Illinois showing a small boat cutting through ice with one person standing and one seated. — A standing figure works an oar at the stern as the boat passes through broken ice.

1961 8mm frame of two people in a small boat on an icy Wauconda lake, seen through dark tree branches. — The boat continues across the cold lake surface with bare branches crossing the foreground.

Wauconda, Illinois 1961 home-movie frame showing a small boat, two distant figures, broken ice, and winter shoreline trees. — A distant boat moves through broken ice near a leafless wooded shoreline.

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