Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Man Shoveling Dirt In Backyard

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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 — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and blue jeans shovels dirt in a leaf-strewn backyard in Wauconda, Illinois, 1960. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him loading a wheelbarrow and moving across the grassy yard, surrounded by trees and a yellow chair. The scene evokes a quiet, domestic moment of yard work from the 1960s, with natural light filtering through the trees and the characteristic grain of vintage home movie footage.

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: 123745380

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 requests needing 1960s Midwestern home-movie footage of ordinary backyard yard work or domestic outdoor labor.
Period detail: The clothing, metal wheelbarrow, garden tools and 8mm color home-movie look support a 1960 backyard setting without visible brands or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage observes an adult man doing practical yard work, loading or moving soil in an unstaged backyard moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt and blue jeans, a shovel, wheelbarrow, fallen leaves, grass, trees, a yellow chair and garden-edge tools.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation and handheld framing that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a domestic labor insert, suburban memory beat, seasonal yard-work cutaway or transition within a family-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday home maintenance in a leafy residential yard, offering social texture around household routines rather than public events.
Research note: An adult person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property considerations.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1960s 8mm backyard shoveling, Wauconda Illinois home movie yard work, man with wheelbarrow and vintage domestic labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda 1960 material, then broader 1960s home-garden or outdoor household-work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois, 1960 home-movie footage, a man works with a shovel beside a wheelbarrow in a leaf-strewn backyard. — A man shovels near a wheelbarrow under trees in the backyard.

A man in a white shirt and blue jeans works from behind with a shovel near a wheelbarrow in the 1960 Wauconda backyard scene. — The man continues yard work beside shrubs and a wheelbarrow.

A wide 8mm frame shows the Wauconda backyard with a man in the distance, trees, grass, scattered leaves and a yellow chair. — A wider view places the yard work within a tree-filled backyard.

The man moves through the Wauconda backyard near a yellow chair and trees, with the wheelbarrow visible in the 1960 home-movie frame. — The man moves the wheelbarrow across the yard near a yellow chair.

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