Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man Rowing Boat Across Lake at Dusk

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

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Man Rowing Boat Across Lake at Dusk — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a solitary figure rowing a small wooden boat across a calm lake at dusk. The scene unfolds in WAUCONDA ILLINOIS USA, with the rower, wearing a dark jacket and cap, propelling the boat with steady oars. The water reflects the dim light and surrounding trees, creating a serene, melancholic mood. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and soft focus, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia and personal memory. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123729153

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 lake recreation footage for documentary inserts about quiet leisure, rural-suburban weekends, or reflective personal memory.
Period detail: The small wooden rowboat, dark outerwear, soft color, and dusk lake setting may show early-1960s recreational boating in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: A solitary rower moves steadily across calm water, giving the clip an unstaged home-movie observation of private outdoor leisure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone rower, pale wooden boat, oars, still lake surface, water reflections, dark tree line, and dim evening sky.
Film character: The footage has a low-light 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, muted blue-green color, and slight exposure falloff at the frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet transition, reflective cutaway, memory beat, or establishing detail for lakeside recreation.
Historical context: The scene places small-scale rowing within a calm lakeside setting, showing everyday leisure rather than an organized public event.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 8mm lake rowing, Wauconda Illinois home movie, small boat at dusk, and vintage recreational boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel lake or family footage, then Wauconda 1961 material, then broader 1960s boating, water, dusk, and solitude themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing a solitary rower in a small pale boat on still water near a dark tree line. — A rower moves away from camera in a small boat on a quiet lake.

1961 Wauconda lake view with a lone rower using extended oars in a small boat, reflected in the dim water. — The boat glides forward with both oars visible against the water.

Home-movie frame from Wauconda, Illinois in 1961 showing a dark-clothed rower in a pale boat on reflective water at dusk. — The rower pulls an oar while the boat reflects on the lake surface.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame with the rower and small boat shifted across the lake, trees and water reflections behind. — The rowboat continues across the lake under low evening light.

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