Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Red Fire Truck Reversing Through Field

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationWauconda, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 Wauconda Illinois

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Red Fire Truck Reversing Through Field — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1968 captures a red Wauconda Fire Department truck in a rural Illinois setting. The classic fire engine, marked 'Engine No. 6', is shown parked on a dirt road and then reversing through a grassy field. Firefighters in dark uniforms and helmets stand near the vehicle, with a white house and bare trees in the background. The footage exhibits natural film grain and color fading, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American emergency services.

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: 124336030

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

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 1137 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: barn building darrell rd
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: illinois
Date: 1968 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Wauconda, Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1960s documentary or educational edits needing rural Illinois volunteer fire department activity and period emergency-service vehicles.
Period detail: The red Wauconda Fire Department truck, dark firefighter coats, helmets, bare trees, and rural road setting support the 1968 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes firefighters and the truck from a casual roadside and yard viewpoint, giving the scene an unstaged community-record feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red fire truck, firefighters in dark gear, a dirt or gravel road, a grassy field, bare trees, fencing, debris piles, and a white house.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of home-movie scans.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for local fire service, rural public safety, or small-town memory sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a local fire department presence in a rural residential landscape without proving a specific incident or emergency.
Research note: People and department markings are visible, so likeness, municipal insignia, and property-context review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s 8mm fire truck footage, Wauconda Illinois fire department, rural firefighters, and vintage emergency vehicle home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel firefighting footage, then Wauconda 1968 material, then broader rural fire truck and volunteer fire department scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing a red fire truck on a road as firefighters stand near a grassy area and bare trees. — Firefighters stand near a red fire truck on a rural road.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame with a red fire department truck seen broadside on a rural road, with trees and open ground behind it. — A red Wauconda fire truck is shown from the side on a rural road.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing the rear of a red fire truck in a field, with fencing, debris, trees, and yard equipment in view. — The fire truck appears beyond a fence in a grassy field.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing a red fire truck positioned near trees, fencing, debris, and a yard structure in a rural setting. — A red fire truck sits near fencing and debris at the edge of a field.

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