Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Man Shoveling Dirt in Backyard Near House

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

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Man Shoveling Dirt in Backyard Near House — Clip Details

A shirtless man works in a backyard during a sunny day in 1960, shoveling dirt into a wheelbarrow near a light blue house with white trim. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a candid moment of manual labor, with scattered tools, bricks, and a concrete slab suggesting home improvement. The grainy, color-bleached quality and natural lighting evoke authentic mid-century Americana, offering a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123744458

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

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 requests needing 1960s Midwestern home-movie footage of everyday backyard labor, residential upkeep, or domestic home improvement.
Period detail: The light blue clapboard house, metal wheelbarrow, shovel, cinder blocks, and informal work clothes may show mid-century suburban yard work.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as a family-camera view of a shirtless adult man pausing and shoveling dirt beside a house during a small outdoor project.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man with a shovel, wheelbarrow, dirt patch, concrete slab, house siding, windows, tree trunk, and stacked blocks or tools.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, domestic-life cutaway, transition beat, or visual memory of postwar-era home maintenance.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary residential manual work in Wauconda, Illinois, without supporting a broader event or public-history claim.
Research note: A visible adult and residential setting suggest likeness and property-review considerations separate from any copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960 Wauconda Illinois home movie, 8mm backyard work, man shoveling dirt, wheelbarrow near house, and suburban home improvement footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then Wauconda 1960 material, then broader 1960s backyard labor or home-renovation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois in 1960, a shirtless man stands with a shovel near a wheelbarrow outside a light blue house. — A man pauses with a shovel beside a wheelbarrow during backyard work.

The man turns near the wheelbarrow and work area outside the Wauconda house, with tools and blocks visible nearby. — The backyard worker shifts position near the wheelbarrow and house wall.

A shirtless man appears to shovel or position dirt by a wheelbarrow in the Wauconda backyard work area. — The man bends toward the wheelbarrow while continuing the yard work.

The man faces away from the camera beside the wheelbarrow, framed by a tree trunk, house siding, and scattered yard materials. — The worker turns away from the camera near the wheelbarrow and house foundation.

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