Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two Men Rowing A Boat On A Lake

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

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Two Men Rowing A Boat On A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two men in a rowboat on a calm lake in Wauconda, Illinois. One man stands at the bow, wearing a dark jacket and cap, while the other rows from the stern. The boat glides across the water, with bare trees lining the distant shore under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American leisure.

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: 123729183

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Midwestern home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet leisure, boating, or lakeside recreation insert.
Period detail: The men’s dark caps and jackets, metal rowboat, and muted lakeshore setting support an early-1960s American recreational boating scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as one man rows while another stands and handles an oar, suggesting casual lake activity filmed from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a rowboat, oars, calm water, bare shoreline trees, pale sky, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print edge darkness that add authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for lakeside leisure, small-town recreation, or mid-century outdoor life.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary recreational boating on a lake, with bare trees and cool-weather clothing suggesting a quiet seasonal outing.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from identity review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois home movie, 8mm rowboat on lake, 1960s men rowing boat, and vintage lakeside recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or Illinois 1961 material, then broader 1960s boating and lake leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing two adult men in a rowboat on a lake with bare trees across the water. — Two men move across the lake in a rowboat, with one standing and the other seated at the oar.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame with one man standing in a rowboat and another seated rowing near a bare lakeshore. — One man stands with an oar while the seated rower keeps the boat moving across the calm water.

Home-movie frame from Wauconda, Illinois in 1961 showing two men in a rowboat against a quiet lake and winterlike shoreline. — The boat passes the camera with two men handling oars near a bare, distant shoreline.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie still of two men in a rowboat on calm water, framed by dark 8mm film edges. — The rowboat moves through the frame as one man stands at the bow and the other rows from a seated position.

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