Wauconda Illinois USA-1961: A Shot Of Trees Blowing In The Breeze While The Year 1960

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

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A Shot Of Trees Blowing In The Breeze While The Year 1960 — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a serene winter scene in Wauconda, Illinois. Bare tree branches frame a dark, textured background under a deep blue twilight sky. A colorful, hand-drawn title overlay reads 'YEAR 1960' in green and red letters, slightly blurred by film grain and motion. The image has a nostalgic, grainy texture with soft focus, evoking mid-century Americana. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123729541

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 atmospheric winter cutaway, title-card insert, or memory transition tied to Wauconda, Illinois.
Period detail: The hand-lettered “YEAR 1960” overlay, saturated 8mm color, and bare winter trees may show a family-made title or transition element filmed around the stated 1961 date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet observational quality of a home movie, holding on trees and a simple year title rather than staged action or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bare tree branches, a dark evergreen or shadowed tree mass, blue twilight sky, soft reflections or double exposure, and the colored “YEAR 1960” lettering.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, saturated blue and red color, slight frame instability, and uneven exposure that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, chapter marker, seasonal transition, or reflective memory beat between family or place-based scenes.
Historical context: The scene suggests a quiet winter landscape in a suburban or small-town setting, with the year title functioning as a personal archive marker rather than a public event record.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and confirm any location or property implications for their specific use.
Research search match: Searches this may match include 1960s 8mm winter trees, Wauconda Illinois home movie, YEAR 1960 title card, mid-century family film transition, and blue dusk tree footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1961 Illinois material, then broader 1960s winter landscape or home-movie title-card footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame with bare trees, blue sky, and a blurred hand-lettered “YEAR 1960” overlay. — Soft-focus winter trees appear beneath a colored “YEAR 1960” title.

A soft 8mm view of bare Wauconda trees with the colored “YEAR 1960” title hovering over a dark central tree shape. — The year title sits over silhouetted trees and winter branches.

Wauconda home-movie frame showing bare winter branches and a dark tree mass beneath a soft colored “YEAR 1960” overlay. — Bare branches and a dark tree shape frame the “YEAR 1960” title.

Final 8mm frame with a blurred “YEAR 1960” title over leafless trees and deep blue winter sky in Wauconda, Illinois. — The colored year lettering remains visible against a blue, branch-filled sky.

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