Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two People Rowing Boat on Calm 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 Boat on Calm Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two people in a small rowboat gliding across a calm lake in Wauconda, Illinois. The scene unfolds under a muted, overcast sky, with bare trees lining the distant shore. One person rows steadily while the other sits, their silhouettes reflected in the still water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and a cool blue color cast, evoking a quiet, nostalgic mid-century moment of leisure. The camera remains mostly static, observing from a distance as the boat moves across the frame.

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: 123729139

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 requests needing early 1960s Midwestern home-movie lake leisure footage for documentary, educational, or period atmosphere inserts.
Period detail: The small rowboat, bare shoreline, muted outdoor clothing, and 8mm home-movie handling may show everyday recreational life in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1961.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged distant view of two people quietly rowing across still water, with the camera observing rather than directing the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small rowboat, two distant people, calm lake water, shoreline trees, reflections, overcast light, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, cool blue color shift, soft focus, slight blur, and exposure falloff that give the lake scene recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, seasonal transition, family-memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century leisure and lake travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers modest social context for recreational boating and outdoor leisure, while the frames do not identify the people or a specific named lake.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply, while no logos, audible music, or obvious private property appear in the provided frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 8mm Wauconda Illinois lake rowboat footage, vintage home movie boating, calm water recreation, and mid-century family leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader vintage boating and lake recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing two distant people in a small rowboat on still water under muted light. — Two people row a small boat across a calm lake, with bare trees reflected in the water.

Soft 8mm frame from Wauconda, Illinois, showing the rowboat and its reflection on a quiet lake in 1961. — The rowboat moves across still water, partly softened by focus and motion blur.

Distant 1961 lake scene in Wauconda, Illinois, with two people in a rowboat seen between dark foreground trees. — A small boat crosses the lake beyond dark foreground trees and bare branches.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing a rowboat near the far shore, with two distant figures and reflections on the lake. — The boat continues along the far shore as the lake surface reflects the muted sky and tree line.

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