Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: Card Displaying Year 1960

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

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Card Displaying Year 1960 — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a nighttime scene in Wauconda, Illinois, featuring a colorful animated title card displaying 'YEAR 1960' in bright green and orange letters against a dark wooded backdrop. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and a nostalgic, low-light aesthetic. The final frame transitions to a bright, overexposed winter landscape with a snow-covered field and distant treeline, suggesting a seasonal shift or a different scene in the same reel. This archival clip evokes mid-century Americana and personal memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123729510

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 Midwest home-movie requests needing a brief seasonal title-card or transition element with visible year text.
Period detail: The visible clue is a homemade-looking illuminated YEAR 1960 display filmed on 8mm, with Wauconda, Illinois and 1961 supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing outdoor lights and then an overexposed winter field as part of a personal reel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include colored YEAR 1960 letters, bare trees, dark shrubs, a wooded backdrop, film gate edges, and a bright snowy field.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft low-light focus, handheld framing, heavy contrast, and brief overexposure that give it physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a dated insert, winter transition, reel-opening beat, or memory cue for mid-century family footage.
Historical context: The scene may show a local holiday or year-marker display, but the frames only support outdoor lights, trees, and a snowy landscape.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any property or display permissions should still be checked.
Research search match: Search matches include 8mm 1960 title lights, Wauconda Illinois home movie, winter field cutaway, and 1960s year display footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Wauconda or 1961 material, and then broader 1960s winter, title-card, or Midwest home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame with colored YEAR 1960 lights against bare trees and a dark wooded backdrop. — Illuminated YEAR 1960 display seen through trees at night.

The YEAR 1960 display remains centered in a soft 8mm night view of trees and shrubs in Wauconda, Illinois. — Colored year display framed by bare branches and low-light grain.

Low-light Wauconda home-movie frame showing colored YEAR 1960 lights partly softened by motion blur and tree silhouettes. — The illuminated YEAR 1960 sign shifts slightly within the handheld frame.

Bright overexposed 8mm frame of a snow-covered field and distant trees, likely from the same Wauconda home-movie reel. — A bright winter field follows the darker YEAR 1960 display.

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