Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Man Fishes from Small Boat on Calm Lake

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

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Man Fishes from Small Boat on Calm Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a man standing in a small boat on a calm lake in Wauconda, Illinois. He appears to be fishing, surrounded by tall trees whose reflections ripple in the water. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a soft focus typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic summer day, with the man silhouetted against the bright sky. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about mid-century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123745043

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: Supports requests for 1960s American home-movie lake recreation footage for documentary, editorial, museum, or educational edits about leisure and outdoor life.
Period detail: The small boat, casual fishing posture, wooded shoreline, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show mid-century recreational lake activity in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film viewpoint, watching a man stand near a small boat on calm water as if filmed during a quiet outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted man, a small boat, lake water, tree reflections, a wooded shore, bright sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and gate-edge shadows consistent with scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, memory beat, or quiet cutaway for fishing, lakeside recreation, or summer leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents informal outdoor recreation rather than a public event, showing one person by a lake within a wooded Illinois setting.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s 8mm fishing on lake, Wauconda Illinois home movie, man by small boat, and vintage American lake recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1960 Illinois material, then broader fishing, boating, or lakeside leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 8mm home-movie frame from Wauconda, Illinois, showing a man by a small boat on a tree-lined lake. — A man stands near a small boat on calm water, with tall trees reflected across the lake.

Wauconda, Illinois lake scene on 8mm film, with a man silhouetted beside a small boat and rippled reflections. — The man remains beside the boat as the lake surface reflects trees and sky.

1960 home-movie view of a man near a small boat on a wooded Wauconda lake, with soft focus and film grain. — A soft, grainy frame shows the boat and figure against a reflective wooded shoreline.

End frame of the 1960 Wauconda lake clip, showing a silhouetted man near a small boat under tall trees. — The figure and boat sit near the right side of the frame, with calm water and trees filling the view.

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