Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: A Woman Harvesting Sunflowers In The Middle Of The

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

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A Woman Harvesting Sunflowers In The Middle Of The — Clip Details

A woman in a light-colored dress and head covering harvests sunflowers in a lush garden in Wauconda, Illinois, 1960. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her gently gathering the large yellow blooms against a backdrop of green foliage and trees. The warm, slightly faded colors and natural grain give the clip a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel. Close-up shots highlight the vibrant sunflowers against a soft blue sky, emphasizing the simple beauty of rural life and seasonal harvests.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
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: 123744398

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 Midwestern home-movie requests needing garden harvest, rural domestic life, or seasonal flower footage for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The light dress, head covering, hand-cut garden sunflowers, and 8mm color stock support a 1960 rural or small-town domestic setting in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-garden moment as a woman gathers large sunflowers, followed by simple close views of the blooms from a handheld family-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a garden, tall sunflower stalks, large yellow flower heads, broad leaves, trees, grass, and a pale blue sky.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-life insert, seasonal harvest cutaway, domestic memory beat, or transition from person-at-work detail to flower close-up.
Historical context: The scene shows small-scale garden harvesting and ornamental or food-plant cultivation in a private-looking outdoor setting, without enough evidence to claim a farm or commercial operation.
Research note: A woman is visible and may require likeness review; no logos, children, or obvious private interiors appear, but copyright and location/property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Research matches include 1960 8mm Wauconda Illinois woman harvesting sunflowers, vintage home movie garden flowers, and Midwestern rural domestic life footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1960 Wauconda material, then related home-movie clips of gardens, seasonal harvests, and flowers.

Still Frames From This Clip

A woman in Wauconda, Illinois, 1960, stands in a garden beside tall sunflower stalks and trees. — A woman gathers sunflowers in a lush outdoor garden.

Close-up 1960 8mm view of a large sunflower head with broad leaves against a pale sky in Wauconda. — A large sunflower fills the frame against sky and foliage.

A low-angle 8mm close view shows a tall sunflower with broad leaves silhouetted against a soft blue sky. — The camera looks up at a tall sunflower in the garden.

Close 1960 home-movie frame of a sunflower head and drooping leaves beside dark tree foliage and pale sky. — A sunflower close-up ends the brief garden sequence.

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