Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Barn On Fire With Thick Black Smoke Billowing

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

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Barn On Fire With Thick Black Smoke Billowing — Clip Details

A dramatic 8mm home movie from 1968 captures a large barn engulfed in flames in Wauconda, Illinois. Thick black smoke billows from the roof as bright orange fire consumes the structure. Firefighters in dark uniforms and helmets are seen actively battling the blaze, with one man in a firefighter's helmet visible in the foreground. The scene unfolds on a grassy rural property with wooden fences and trees under a clear blue sky, showcasing the authentic grain and color palette of vintage Super 8 film.

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: 124336132

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 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 U.S. rural fire response, barn fire, emergency services, disaster, or community incident sequences in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show late-1960s rural Illinois details, including a simple barn-like structure, wooden fencing, open grass, utility poles, and helmeted firefighters.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a distant roadside or yard position, giving the scene the immediacy of a bystander-recorded home movie rather than a staged news setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a long barn or outbuilding, roof flames, thick black smoke, firefighters, wooden fences, grass, trees, utility poles, and dark film frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a scanned 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, handheld framing, and saturated orange flame against blue sky.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, disaster cutaway, emergency-response beat, or visual transition into a rural fire or community memory segment.
Historical context: The footage documents a serious building fire on a rural property, with firefighters present and smoke spreading across a clear daytime sky.
Research note: People and private property appear visible, so likeness, location, and property considerations should be reviewed separately from footage copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1968 Wauconda Illinois barn fire, 1960s 8mm firefighter footage, rural building fire home movie, and thick black smoke archive footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel fire or family footage, then Wauconda or 1968 Illinois material, then broader 1960s rural fire and firefighter scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a barn-like structure burning as black smoke rises and firefighters gather nearby. — Flames break from the roof while firefighters approach the smoke-filled structure.

Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame with firefighters below a burning barn-like building as smoke pours from the roof. — Firefighters stand near the building as smoke and orange flame spread along the roof.

1968 8mm frame from Wauconda showing dense smoke over a rural outbuilding fire with firefighters visible near the structure. — Smoke thickens across the building as the fire continues near the roof.

Wauconda, Illinois 1968 home-movie frame showing firefighters at a rural structure fire with heavy smoke overhead. — A group of firefighters faces the burning building as smoke drifts across the frame.

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