Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Two Men Launch Rowboat Into Placid Lake Then Flooded Neighborhood

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

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Two Men Launch Rowboat Into Placid Lake Then Flooded... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two men in hats and dark coats standing at the edge of a calm lake in Wauconda, Illinois. They carefully push a small rowboat into the water, their silhouettes framed against the reflective surface. The scene transitions to a flooded residential area, with houses partially submerged and debris floating in the murky water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, documentary-style feel, offering a glimpse into mid-century American life and natural events.

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: 123729321

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 1960s Midwest home-movie requests needing lake access, small-boat activity, or residential flooding as documentary insert material.
Period detail: The men's brimmed hats, dark coats, small rowboat, and 8mm color stock may show early-1960s leisure and local response around Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes two men working at the water's edge and then records a flooded neighborhood from a quiet, unstaged home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a small rowboat, still lake water, flooded yards or streets, distant houses, shoreline debris, and reflective water.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, muted blue color, slight exposure variation, and a handheld framing that supports its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat between small-town lake life and flood aftermath.
Historical context: The footage visually connects local recreation or boat handling with nearby high water, without proving the cause, scale, or official event context.
Research note: People are visible in silhouette and residential exteriors appear in later frames, so likeness and property-context review may still be needed apart from copyright.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 Wauconda Illinois 8mm lake rowboat, flooded neighborhood home movie, Midwest flood footage, or vintage small-town water scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader themes of lakes, rowboats, flooding, and Midwestern towns.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult men in dark coats stand near a rowboat on a calm lakeshore in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1961 home-movie footage. — Two men stand at the shoreline with a small rowboat against still water.

Two men appear to guide or launch a rowboat at the edge of a calm Wauconda lake in 1961 8mm footage. — The men remain beside the rowboat as it sits partly in the water.

A flooded residential area in Wauconda, Illinois, shows water around houses, shoreline debris, and the edge of a small boat in 1961 footage. — Floodwater fills the foreground near houses and scattered shoreline debris.

Floodwater reflects houses and shoreline debris in a Wauconda residential area recorded on 8mm film in 1961. — A flooded residential view shows houses across the water and debris along the near shore.

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