Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Date Title over Sky and Trees

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

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Date Title over Sky and Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie clip captures a sky scene with a superimposed title card reading 'SATURDAY OCTOBER 15 1960'. The footage shows a blue-tinted sky with silhouetted tree branches against the light, characteristic of Super 8 home movie aesthetics. The grainy texture and slight film wear add to the authentic retro feel, evoking a sense of personal memory and mid-century Americana. This archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 123745486

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1960 home-movie requests needing a dated title insert for Wauconda, Illinois or mid-century personal-history sequences.
Period detail: The visible date text, blue sky, silhouetted branches, rounded frame edges, and 8mm texture support the 1960 home-movie context in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip functions as an in-camera or edited home-movie date marker rather than an observed action scene, preserving how a family reel organized personal time.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the superimposed Saturday October 15 1960 text, blue sky, bare tree branches, dark leaf shapes, rounded film gate edges, dust specks, and frame flicker.
Film character: The footage shows blue-biased color, soft focus, visible grain, dust, gate edges, and slight exposure variation consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a dated insert, chapter marker, transition, or memory beat before related 1960 Wauconda home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The frame records a personal date title over an outdoor sky view, offering domestic chronology rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any reel-level rights documentation.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960 8mm date title, Saturday October 15 1960 home movie, Wauconda Illinois archive footage, and sky with tree branches title card.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1960 footage, then broader dated home-movie title cards or seasonal sky cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Wauconda home-movie frame with Saturday October 15 1960 text over blue sky, tree branches, dust specks, and visible film gate edges. — Saturday October 15 1960 title text appears over a blue sky and tree silhouettes.

1960 Wauconda date-title frame showing Saturday October 15 1960 over a blue sky with silhouetted branches and 8mm gate edges. — The dated title remains centered near the top of the sky frame.

Wauconda 1960 home-movie title frame with block date lettering, blue sky, bare branches, dust specks, and soft 8mm texture. — Block date lettering overlays the sky while branches edge into the frame.

Final 1960 Wauconda title frame with Saturday October 15 1960 text, tree silhouettes, blue sky, film grain, and rounded 8mm borders. — The title card continues over the sky with branches and film gate edges visible.

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