Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Hand Plucking Gladiolus Flower From Garden

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

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Hand Plucking Gladiolus Flower From Garden — Clip Details

A hand reaches into a lush garden to pluck a vibrant gladiolus flower from the soil in this 8mm home movie from Wauconda, Illinois, 1960. The footage captures the delicate action in natural light, showcasing white, yellow, and purple blooms against green foliage. The warm, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, personal moment from a mid-century American backyard garden.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123744351

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 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

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 home-movie requests needing a brief garden cutaway, domestic leisure detail, or close human interaction with flowers.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and backyard flower bed may show a mid-century home-garden setting consistent with the supplied 1960 Wauconda, Illinois metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged hand reaching into a flower bed to gather a gladiolus bloom, with the camera held close to the action.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a hand, partial bare legs, gladiolus stems, pale yellow and white blooms, a purple flower, green foliage, soil, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, seasonal cutaway, domestic memory beat, or transition into gardening and family-life material.
Historical context: The scene reflects a modest home-garden activity and flower cultivation, without showing identifiable buildings, landmarks, or public events.
Research note: A hand and partial body are visible, so likeness review may still be needed even though no faces, brands, or audible music are evident in the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm home movie garden, Wauconda Illinois flowers, hand picking gladiolus, vintage backyard gardening, and mid-century floral cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel garden footage, then other Wauconda 1960 home movies, then broader 1960s flower, yard, and domestic-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1960 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie footage, a hand reaches into a flower bed with yellow, white, and purple blooms. — A hand reaches into the garden near gladiolus blooms and green foliage.

A close 8mm frame shows a hand holding stems in a Wauconda garden, with pale gladiolus flowers and dense greenery around it. — The hand gathers flower stems among pale gladiolus blossoms.

A pale gladiolus stalk fills the frame in 1960 home-movie footage, surrounded by leaves, soil, and smaller purple flowers. — A pale gladiolus stalk stands against dense garden foliage.

The final frame holds on a pale gladiolus in a leafy Wauconda garden, with soft focus and dark 8mm frame edges. — The camera lingers on the gladiolus and surrounding garden plants.

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