Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Rising Floodwaters Submerge Car and Parking Area

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

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Rising Floodwaters Submerge Car and Parking Area — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this archival footage captures a severe flood in Wauconda, Illinois. A dark vintage car is partially submerged in rapidly rising waters that have engulfed a parking area. A wooden post stands in the foreground, with a 'PARKING' sign visible on the right, both partially underwater. The scene shows turbulent, churning floodwaters under an overcast sky, with bare trees in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color characteristics, offering a dramatic, real-time look at a natural disaster from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123729449

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Supports 1960s Midwest flood coverage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing real 8mm disaster aftermath footage.
Period detail: The visible car, simple parking sign, and physical-film color may show an early 1960s small-town parking area during high water in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer perspective, holding on floodwater overtaking a familiar parking area rather than presenting a formal news view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rushing floodwater, a partly submerged dark car, a wooden post, a parking sign, bare trees, brush, and wet shoreline ground.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, blue-shifted color, gate edges, and slight handheld instability consistent with home-movie source material.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for rising water, local disaster memory, storm aftermath, or community vulnerability.
Historical context: The scene documents floodwater encroaching on a car and parking area, giving visual context for how high water affected everyday public space.
Research note: No people are visible, but the parking sign and vehicle should be reviewed for copyright, trademark, property, and location-identification considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Wauconda flood 8mm, Illinois flooding vintage footage, submerged car parking area, and Midwest flood home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Wauconda or Illinois flood material, then broader vintage flooding and storm aftermath footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois floodwater covers a parking area around a wooden post, with a dark car partly submerged beyond it. — Floodwater rises across a parking area, with a post in the foreground and a car beyond.

In Wauconda, Illinois, choppy 1961 floodwater reaches a parking area with a foreground post, brush, sign, and partly submerged car. — Churning water fills the parking area as a car sits in the flooded background.

1961 Wauconda flood footage shows water across a parking area, a dark car in the distance, and a foreground post near brush. — A parked car remains visible beyond the flooded foreground and shoreline post.

The final frame shows Wauconda floodwater moving through a parking area, with a foreground post, brush, and a dark car beyond. — Floodwater continues to cover the parking area around the post and distant car.

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