Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Old Style Lager Sign on White House in Winter

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

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Old Style Lager Sign on White House in Winter — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a white two-story house in Wauconda, Illinois, with a prominent red sign reading 'Beileman's Old Style Lager' above the porch. The scene, framed by a tree trunk on the right and bare winter shrubs in the foreground, shows a quiet residential street under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere. The camera remains mostly static, offering a candid glimpse into a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123729482

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: Useful for 1961 Midwest residential exterior requests needing a winter home-movie cutaway with a visible Old Style Lager sign.
Period detail: The white two-story house, bare shrubs, muted winter lawn, and beer sign may show early-1960s small-town Illinois streetscape details.
Home-movie behavior: The mostly static framing suggests an unstaged home-movie observation of a neighborhood house rather than a planned commercial shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white house facade, red Old Style Lager sign, bare shrubs, tree trunk, porch area, winter grass, and overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and small dust marks that retain the physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior insert, location transition, memory beat, or period cutaway for mid-century Illinois material.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for a quiet residential setting with commercial beer signage attached to or near a home exterior.
Research note: Visible branding on the beer sign may require trademark review; no people are visible, but copyright, property, and location permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Wauconda Illinois home movie, Old Style Lager sign exterior, 8mm winter house footage, and Midwest residential street cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1961 Illinois footage, then winter residential exteriors or visible beer-sign scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a white house exterior with a red Old Style Lager sign, winter shrubs, and a tree trunk at right. — White house exterior with Old Style Lager sign and winter landscaping.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame of a white two-story house with Old Style Lager signage, bare winter shrubs, and dark film-edge borders. — House facade and beer sign framed by winter shrubs and a tree trunk.

1961 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm still showing the house corner, porch windows, Old Style Lager sign, bare shrubs, and muted winter yard. — Closer framing on the house corner, porch windows, and Old Style Lager sign.

Final 1961 Wauconda, Illinois frame with a white house, visible Old Style Lager sign, leafless shrubs, winter grass, and overcast sky. — Static winter view of the white house and Old Style Lager sign.

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