Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Lady In Fur Coat Assessing Flood Damage From A Classic Car

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

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Lady In Fur Coat Assessing Flood Damage From A Classic Car — Clip Details

A woman in a dark fur coat and red heels stands beside a vintage 1960s cream-colored car in Waconda, Illinois, in 1961. She assesses flood damage on a wet, muddy residential street, her hand resting on the vehicle's rear fender. The scene captures a moment of quiet concern during a natural event, with water pooling around the car's tires and reflections visible on the saturated ground. Shot on 8mm film, the footage features natural grain, soft focus, and authentic period details, including the car's chrome trim and the woman's classic 1960s attire. The atmosphere is nostalgic and documentary-like, evoking mid-century Americana.

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: 123729434

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 Midwestern home-movie requests needing flood aftermath, residential street conditions, or period automobile detail for documentary inserts.
Period detail: The cream-and-tan car with chrome trim, wet pavement, dark fur coat, hat, and red heels support an early-1960s setting consistent with the supplied 1961 Wauconda metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The woman pauses beside the car and looks toward the wet street, giving the shot an unstaged home-movie record of everyday response to local flooding.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cream-and-tan classic car, chrome bumper, wet muddy road, pooled water, bare shrubs, fence posts, and a woman in a dark coat and heels.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, dark frame edges, and handheld contact-sheet framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, aftermath insert, memory beat, or visual bridge between flood coverage and domestic life in a small-town setting.
Historical context: The footage shows floodwater affecting a residential street and parked car, offering visual context for how local weather events touched ordinary mid-century households.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no readable logos are apparent, while copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood footage, 8mm home movie flood damage, woman by classic car, and 1960s residential street aftermath.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, and then broader flood aftermath or mid-century car street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Wauconda, Illinois, a woman in a dark coat and hat stands near the rear fender of a cream classic car on a muddy, wet street. — Woman standing beside the rear of a classic car on a saturated residential street.

A woman in a dark coat and red heels stands beside a cream classic car on a wet Wauconda residential street, consistent with the 1961 flood setting. — Woman at the rear of a parked classic car with muddy water nearby.

The frame shows the woman’s coat and heels next to the cream-and-tan car, with wet pavement and standing water visible around the rear wheel area. — Close lower view of the woman and classic car on rain-soaked pavement.

A cream-and-tan classic car fills the frame on a wet residential street, with puddles and reflective floodwater visible along the curb area. — Classic car parked beside pooled water on the wet street.

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