Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two Persons Travel Slowly In Boat On Lake

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

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Two Persons Travel Slowly In Boat On Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two people in a small boat gliding slowly across a calm lake in Wauconda, Illinois. The scene is framed by dark tree branches in the foreground, with bare winter trees lining the distant shore under an overcast sky. One person sits while the other stands, using a pole to navigate the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, muted blue and gray tones, and a nostalgic, quiet atmosphere, evoking mid-century American leisure and personal memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorSlow motion
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123729128

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: 1961 8mm home-movie footage from Wauconda, Illinois, useful for productions needing a quiet mid-century lake recreation or small-boat travel insert.
Period detail: The small rowboat, winter-bare shoreline, muted outdoor clothing, and handheld 8mm framing may show everyday early-1960s leisure rather than a staged public event.
Home-movie behavior: Two people move slowly across the lake, one seated and one standing with a pole, giving the clip an unstaged family-observer view of a calm outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small boat, two distant people, still lake water, dark foreground tree trunks, bare branches, a wooded far shore, and blue-gray overcast light.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, cool exposure, slight blur, dark frame edges, and a steady but informal home-movie composition.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, seasonal lake cutaway, quiet transition, or establishing insert for Midwestern recreation in a 1960s family context.
Historical context: The footage places ordinary small-boat activity within a suburban or rural Illinois lake setting, with winter trees and calm water shaping the social context.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from subject clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm lake boat, vintage home movie small boat on lake, and 1960s Midwestern family recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family or lake footage, then with Wauconda or Illinois 1961 material, then with broader 1960s home-movie water recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing two distant people in a small boat on a blue-gray lake with bare trees beyond. — Two people travel slowly across the lake in a small boat, seen through dark foreground trees.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois lake scene with one person seated and one standing in a small boat, framed by dark trees. — A small boat glides across still water with one passenger seated and another standing.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame of two people in a small lake boat, with foreground trees and a wooded shoreline in soft focus. — The boat remains centered against a quiet lake and leafless shoreline.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a small boat with two distant people on calm water, bordered by dark tree silhouettes. — Two figures continue slowly across the lake, one seated and one standing near the stern.

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