Wauconda Illinois USA-1960: Men Building House Frame

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

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Men Building House Frame — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures two men working on a residential construction project in Wauconda, Illinois. One man wears a white shirt and blue jeans, while the other is in a blue shirt and hat, both engaged in building or repairing a wooden structure. The scene shows concrete steps, wooden framing, and a house under construction, with natural sunlight casting strong shadows. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic 1960s Americana for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123746017

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for archive requests about early 1960s suburban home repair or small residential construction in Midwestern home-movie footage.
Period detail: The men's work clothes, hand tools, wooden framing, concrete steps, and 8mm color look support a 1960 domestic building scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a distance as two men work informally around a house structure, preserving an unstaged family-film view of labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a hat, blue and white shirts, wooden boards, house siding, concrete steps, dirt ground, and deep shade.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, saturated color, dark edge falloff, bright sunlight, and a slightly handheld home-movie frame.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, insert, or memory beat for home improvement, suburban growth, or everyday labor sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary residential work in Wauconda, Illinois, without enough detail to identify the property or workers.
Research note: People are visible and the house setting may require likeness or property review separate from any footage copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm home movie, Wauconda Illinois house construction, suburban building work, and men repairing a house.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then Wauconda 1960 material, then other home-movie scenes of residential labor or suburban construction.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois, 1960, two men appear to work on a house structure near wooden boards and concrete steps. — Two men work beside a partially built or repaired house structure.

A 1960 Wauconda home-movie frame shows a man in a blue shirt and hat working near wooden framing by a house. — A man stands at the wooden framing while another worker remains partly in shadow.

Two adult men are visible near a house in 1960 Wauconda footage, with one working at vertical boards by concrete steps. — The workers remain near the house wall, boards, and steps in a shaded yard area.

The final frame shows a 1960 Wauconda residential work scene, with a man in a hat beside boards and steps. — A worker stands beside the wooden structure at the edge of the house.

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