Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Two Men Working On A Farm

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

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Two Men Working On A Farm — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures two men working on a farm in Wauconda, Illinois. One man in a white t-shirt crouches near a wooden structure, adjusting a mechanism, while another person bends nearby. The scene unfolds outdoors on a sunny day, with dirt ground, scattered debris, and a coiled hose visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural movement, evoking a nostalgic slice of mid-century American rural life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123745873

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: 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 1960 rural Illinois home-movie footage of casual farm or yard work for documentary, education, or memory-based edits.
Period detail: The white T-shirt, 8mm color stock, outdoor work setting, and simple wooden structure may show everyday mid-century rural activity rather than a formal event.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged value in the worker's glance toward the camera and relaxed movements around the structure while another person works nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, a white T-shirt, wooden posts, a large curved object in the foreground, gravel or dirt ground, a rail or hose, and sunlit yard debris.
Film character: The clip carries warm 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned family-film material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, rural labor insert, family-memory beat, or transition within a sequence about everyday work life.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor activity in Wauconda, Illinois, with people working around a small structure in a noncommercial home-movie setting.
Research note: Visible faces and possible private rural property should be reviewed for likeness and location concerns; copyright status is separate from these clearance questions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm home movie farm work, Wauconda Illinois rural yard footage, men working outdoors, and mid-century family film labor scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1960 footage, then broader 1960s rural work or home-movie farm activity.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Wauconda home-movie frame showing a man in a white T-shirt crouched by wooden posts as another man works beside him. — A crouching man looks toward the camera while working near a wooden structure outdoors.

1960 Wauconda frame with a crouching man in a white T-shirt looking down as another man works close to a wooden structure. — The crouching worker turns his attention downward near the post and work area.

Home-movie frame from 1960 Wauconda showing two men close together at a wooden outdoor work area. — Two men continue working low beside the wooden structure in the sunlit yard.

1960 Wauconda 8mm frame showing one man crouched near a large foreground object and another man partly visible behind him. — The front worker faces the work area while a second man stands partly obscured behind the post.

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