Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Sunflower Blowing In The Wind And A Lady Walking

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

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Sunflower Blowing In The Wind And A Lady Walking — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Wauconda Illinois, 1960, captures a sunflower swaying in the wind against a cloudy sky, its yellow petals and dark center sharply contrasted by the film's grainy texture. The scene shifts to a woman in a patterned 1960s house dress walking through a grassy yard, with trees and a distant house visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics, including color fading and film grain, evoking a nostalgic, everyday moment from mid-century America.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
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: 123744406

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

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1960s Midwestern home-movie footage of garden life, weather, and an adult woman in a rural or suburban yard.
Period detail: The patterned house dress, handheld 8mm color, open lawn, and simple garden setting support a mid-century domestic context in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value, shifting from a sunflower moving in wind to a woman walking toward the camera in a yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall sunflower, cloudy sky, dark tree line, large leaves, an adult woman, mowed grass, and a distant house.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, rounded frame edges, dark exposure in foliage, and handheld framing as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief summer garden insert, weather cutaway, domestic memory beat, or transition into rural Illinois family footage.
Historical context: The scene records an everyday outdoor domestic moment rather than a public event, with garden plants and yard space as the main social context.
Research note: An adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or audible music indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 Wauconda Illinois 8mm home movie, sunflower blowing in wind, woman walking in yard, and mid-century garden footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1960 material, then 1960s garden, yard, and home-movie domestic scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Wauconda 8mm frame of a tall sunflower with yellow petals silhouetted against cloudy sky and surrounding trees. — A sunflower stands against a cloudy sky with dark foliage at the edges.

Handheld 8mm view of a sunflower and broad leaves in Wauconda, Illinois, with cloudy sky and dark tree line behind it. — The sunflower remains framed high against the sky as wind moves the plant.

1960 home-movie frame of a garden sunflower with drooping leaves, cloudy sky, and dark trees in the background. — A closer view shows the sunflower head and leaves filling much of the frame.

Adult woman in a patterned house dress walks through a Wauconda yard in 1960, with sunflowers, grass, trees, and a distant house visible. — A woman walks toward the camera through the yard beside the garden plants.

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