Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Flooded Street with Submerged House and Lot

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

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Flooded Street with Submerged House and Lot — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a flooded street in Wauconda, Illinois. The clip opens on a white house with a prominent 'Old Style Lager' sign, surrounded by bare shrubs and a gravel yard. The scene shifts to show a submerged parking lot with a 'PARKING' sign partially underwater, and a dark car barely visible in the floodwaters. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and natural film imperfections, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a local flood event.

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: 123729475

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: 1960s Midwestern home-movie flood footage suited for documentary inserts on local weather, small-town infrastructure, roadside businesses, or everyday disaster aftermath.
Period detail: The visible Old Style Lager sign, simple parking sign, dark mid-century car shape, and 8mm color stock support an early-1960s small-town roadside setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a nearby roadside or vehicle-like position, recording the flooded grounds as a local witness rather than a staged news scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white roadside building, Old Style Lager signage, bare shrubs, snow or pale ground cover, floodwater, a parking sign, a post, and a distant dark car.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate shadows, slight blur, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, location-establishing insert, weather aftermath transition, or memory beat in a sequence about flooding or small-town life.
Historical context: The footage visually records floodwater around a roadside business area in Wauconda, showing how a local commercial setting and parking area were affected.
Research note: Brand signage is visible, and any use should review trademark, copyright, property, and location-identification issues separately from the film footage rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois flood footage, 8mm home movie flooded street, Old Style sign flood scene, and vintage Midwest parking lot underwater.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader 1960s flood, roadside business, or home-movie weather footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a white building with Old Style Lager signage beside shrubs and flood-affected ground. — A white roadside building and Old Style sign stand near bare shrubs and wet ground.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame with the edge of a white roadside building, Old Style signage, winter-bare shrubs, and floodwater nearby. — The camera holds on the building edge and sign as floodwater surrounds the grounds.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame looking past a tree or vehicle edge toward shrubs, floodwater, and partial Old Style signage. — A handheld view catches the flooded roadside grounds from a partially obstructed angle.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing a submerged parking area with a PARKING sign, roadside post, brush, and a dark car beyond the water. — A parking sign stands at the edge of floodwater with a dark car visible in the distance.

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