Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Men Pouring Concrete At Residential Construction Site

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

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Men Pouring Concrete At Residential Construction Site — Clip Details

WAUCONDA ILLINOIS USA-1960: Men in 1960s workwear, including denim overalls and button-down shirts, pour concrete from a large tanker truck into a wooden formwork structure at a residential construction site. The scene, captured on 8mm film, shows workers actively guiding the concrete chute and smoothing the pour, with a house featuring light blue siding in the background. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective, offering a candid glimpse into mid-century home improvement projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123745548

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: Yes
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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for archival requests about 1960s residential construction, home improvement labor, and small-town Illinois domestic building scenes for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The workwear, wooden formwork, metal tanker truck, and 8mm color home-movie look support a mid-century residential construction setting in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value as a handheld observation of men coordinating a concrete pour around a house, with workers focused on practical tasks rather than the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a concrete truck chute, wooden formwork, workers in denim and shirts, house siding, porch posts, tires, trees, and scattered construction debris.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color fading, variable exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for domestic construction, neighborhood change, hands-on labor, or mid-century home life.
Historical context: The scene documents practical residential building activity, showing a small crew managing concrete placement with simple formwork and manual coordination.
Research note: People and a partial truck marking are visible, so likeness and brand identification should be reviewed separately from copyright licensing.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1960s home construction footage, Wauconda Illinois concrete pour, 8mm residential building work, and vintage labor home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Wauconda 1960 construction or home-improvement clips, then broader 1960s residential labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois, 1960, men in work clothes manage a concrete pour from a truck into wooden residential formwork. — Workers guide a concrete chute into wooden forms beside a house.

Workers in 1960s workwear stand around a concrete chute and formwork during a residential pour in Wauconda, Illinois. — A small crew positions the chute and watches the pour area.

A worker leans toward the concrete chute while others stand beside wooden forms at a 1960 Wauconda residential construction site. — Workers coordinate the concrete placement around the wooden formwork.

Men in work clothes continue a concrete pour beside a house, with a truck chute feeding wooden formwork in Wauconda, Illinois, 1960. — The crew continues the concrete pour beside the house exterior.

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