Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Four Men Work On Building A Concrete Porch With

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationWauconda, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Wauconda Illinois

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Four Men Work On Building A Concrete Porch With — Clip Details

WAUCONDA ILLINOIS USA-1960: Four men work on building a concrete porch in a suburban backyard. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows a shirtless man operating a cement mixer while others handle materials. One man in a blue shirt and dark pants manages the mixing process, and another in a white t-shirt assists. The scene includes a large pile of sand, a wheelbarrow, and a wooden structure under construction. The natural lighting and film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic 1960s home improvement project.

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: 123743970

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1960 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Wauconda, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial requests about suburban home improvement, amateur construction, and family-neighborhood labor in archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, cement mixer, wheelbarrow, and backyard porch work support a 1960 Wauconda, Illinois home-improvement setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged view of adult men coordinating physical work around a mixer, sand pile, and porch structure rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include four adult men, a cement mixer, a large sand pile, a wheelbarrow, wooden porch framing, yard greenery, and a house exterior.
Film character: The clip has the soft grain, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and color texture typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, insert, or memory beat for do-it-yourself building, suburban labor, or midcentury domestic projects.
Historical context: The scene documents a small-scale backyard construction task with informal adult labor, offering social context for home maintenance and neighborhood work.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm home movie concrete porch construction, suburban backyard cement mixer, Wauconda Illinois home improvement, and men building porch.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1960 Wauconda material, then broader 1960s home repair, concrete, and backyard construction scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing adult men working with a cement mixer, sand pile, and porch framing in a backyard. — Adult men work around a cement mixer and sand pile during backyard porch construction.

1960 Wauconda, Illinois frame with a man leaning near the mixer as other adult men handle porch construction materials in the backyard. — One man tends the mixer while others stand near the porch framing and sand pile.

1960 Wauconda, Illinois backyard scene with men working near a cement mixer, sand pile, and porch structure during concrete preparation. — Workers continue the concrete-mixing task beside the large pile of sand.

1960 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing a shirtless man near the porch while another man manages the mixer beside a large sand pile. — A shirtless man passes the work area as another man handles the mixer.

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