Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Man Shoveling Gravel for Home Construction

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

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Man Shoveling Gravel for Home Construction — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and blue jeans works on a home construction project in Wauconda, Illinois, in 1960. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him shoveling gravel from a wheelbarrow into a partially built cinder block foundation. Wooden forms and construction materials surround the site, with a house featuring gray siding in the background. The scene reflects a typical mid-century DIY home improvement effort, with authentic film grain and color palette.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123745413

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing home-movie evidence of residential DIY construction in suburban Illinois.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, cinder block work, wooden forms, and gray-sided house support the 1960 Wauconda home-improvement setting in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged home-movie view of a man repeatedly shoveling gravel from a wheelbarrow during a small construction project.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt and jeans, shovel, gravel-filled wheelbarrow, cinder blocks, wooden forms, siding, windows, and dirt ground.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, warm color shift, uneven exposure, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, labor cutaway, transition, or memory beat for home renovation and mid-century domestic life.
Historical context: The scene reflects small-scale residential building work and household improvement activity rather than a commercial job site, based on the visible setting.
Research note: A visible adult and residential exterior require likeness and property-context review; copyright status is separate from any privacy or release questions.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960 8mm home construction, Wauconda Illinois home movie, man shoveling gravel, wheelbarrow foundation work, and DIY renovation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1960 footage, then broader 1960s home construction or DIY labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois in 1960, a man in a white shirt and jeans works with a shovel beside a gravel-filled wheelbarrow and cinder blocks. — A man stands at the construction area with a shovel and wheelbarrow beside the house.

A man at the 1960 Wauconda construction project raises a shovel while standing near a wheelbarrow, wooden forms, and cinder blocks. — The man raises the shovel while working around the gravel-filled wheelbarrow.

The man bends over the wheelbarrow during the 1960 Wauconda home construction work, with cinder blocks and wood framing visible behind him. — The worker bends toward the wheelbarrow during the gravel work.

A rear view shows the man standing with a shovel near the wheelbarrow, cinder blocks, and wooden forms at the 1960 Wauconda project. — The man stands beside the wheelbarrow and partially built foundation area.

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