Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Man Walking Toward Flooded Yard Near House

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

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Man Walking Toward Flooded Yard Near House — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored sweater and dark pants walks from a house toward a flooded yard in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1961. The 8mm home movie captures him approaching the water's edge, with a partially submerged boat visible in the flooded field. Bare trees and a gray sky suggest late winter or early spring. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 home movie characteristics, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a residential area affected by flooding.

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: 123729394

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 Wauconda home-movie footage for documentary or museum edits needing a residential flooding scene with a lone adult approaching water.
Period detail: The light sweater, dark trousers, small house entry, bare trees, and 8mm color stock support an early-1960s residential setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged moment of a man leaving the house and walking toward floodwater, filmed from a nearby household viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, house siding and doorway, flooded yard, bare trees, a small boat, muddy ground, and gray sky.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, dark edge falloff, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for neighborhood flooding, seasonal thaw, or domestic aftermath sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a residential yard affected by standing water without proving the cause, scale, or official status of the flood.
Research note: An adult is visible from behind or profile, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1961 Wauconda flooding home movie, 8mm man walking to flooded yard, and Illinois residential flood footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or Illinois 1961 material, then broader home-movie scenes of flooding and wet yards.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois, 1961, a man in a light sweater walks from a house toward floodwater beyond the yard. — A man steps away from the house toward standing water in the yard.

The man continues toward the water's edge beside a house, with bare trees and a flooded field visible in Wauconda, Illinois. — The man approaches the flooded area beside the house.

In the 1961 Wauconda home movie, the man reaches the edge of a flooded yard near a house and leafless trees. — The figure nears the waterline in the flooded yard.

The man pauses at the edge of the flooded yard.

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