Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man Boarding Rowboat on River

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

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Man Boarding Rowboat on River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a man in a dark coat and hat preparing to enter a small rowboat on a calm river in Wauconda, Illinois. The scene unfolds under a muted, overcast sky, with bare trees lining the distant shore. The man carefully steps into the boat, his silhouette framed against the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a quiet, nostalgic moment of rural life. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.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: 123729266

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 home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet Midwestern river boating insert or rural leisure cutaway.
Period detail: The dark coat, brimmed cap, metal rowboat, and bare riverside trees may show early-1960s small-town outdoor recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged care of a man balancing himself as he steps into a small rowboat at the water's edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include one adult man, a light-colored rowboat, calm river water, bare trees, a distant bank, overcast sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, cool color cast, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief transition, memory beat, or cutaway for boating, river life, or family-era outdoor routines.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary recreational use of a river setting without enough visible evidence to identify a specific waterway or event beyond the supplied Wauconda metadata.
Research note: One adult person is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing, with no visible logos or private interiors in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Wauconda rowboat footage, 8mm river boating home movie, man entering small boat, and 1960s Illinois outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1961 Illinois scenes, then broader 8mm boating and riverside leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the 1961 Wauconda home-movie scene, a man in a dark coat leans toward a light-colored rowboat beside a calm river. — A man bends beside a rowboat at the river's edge.

A man in dark clothing steadies himself at the bow area of a rowboat on a calm river in Wauconda, Illinois. — The man prepares to board the rowboat from the riverbank.

The man appears partly inside the rowboat, crouched low as he adjusts his footing near the calm riverbank. — The man crouches in the rowboat while settling his position.

A man in a dark coat bends forward inside the rowboat, framed against still water and a leafless riverside background. — The man steadies himself inside the rowboat near shore.

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