Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two Men Shove Off And Row Yellow Boat On Pond

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

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Two Men Shove Off And Row Yellow Boat On Pond — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two men in a yellow rowboat on a calm pond in Wauconda, Illinois. Dressed in dark winter coats and hats, they use oars to push off and row across the water, their movements deliberate against the still surface. Bare trees line the distant shore under an overcast sky, creating a quiet, cold-day atmosphere. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, intimate feel, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123729176

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 Midwestern home-movie requests needing brief recreational pond or rowboat footage for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The men’s dark coats and brimmed winter hats, yellow rowboat, bare trees, and cold shoreline may show early-1960s leisure on an Illinois pond.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the simple action of two men pushing off and rowing while the camera observes from the shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, a yellow rowboat, oars, calm pond water, bare winter trees, a pale shoreline, and soft overcast light.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, blue color shift, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or quiet memory beat for cold-weather recreation, small-town leisure, or lakefront atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for informal outdoor recreation in Wauconda, Illinois, without making broader claims beyond the visible pond setting.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm home movie rowboat, men rowing on pond, yellow boat, winter lake recreation, and vintage Midwest leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family or outdoor scenes, then Wauconda 1961 material, then broader 1960s pond, lake, boating, or winter recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois, 1961 home-movie footage, two men in dark coats and hats push a yellow rowboat from the near shore. — Two men begin moving a yellow rowboat across the pond.

The yellow rowboat appears farther out on the Wauconda pond, with bare trees and a pale shoreline behind it. — The rowboat moves away across still pond water.

The 1961 Wauconda home-movie frame shows the yellow rowboat near a distant shore, partly obscured by film-frame edges and soft focus. — The boat is seen near the far shoreline across reflective water.

A soft, blue-shifted 8mm view shows the yellow rowboat across the Wauconda pond with bare trees and a vertical foreground edge. — The boat becomes softer in focus as it crosses the pond.

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