Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Large Fire with Firefighters Battling Blaze

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

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Large Fire with Firefighters Battling Blaze — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic rural fire in Wauconda, Illinois. Fiery orange and purple flames engulf a building, sending thick smoke into the sky as firefighters in period uniforms battle the blaze with hoses. The scene unfolds in a wooded, rural setting with a wooden utility pole and fence visible, conveying the urgency and danger of the emergency. The footage shows the full intensity of the fire before and during the firefighting efforts, offering a raw, authentic glimpse into a historic moment.

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: 124336207

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm footage for productions needing a brief rural fire or firefighting insert from Wauconda, Illinois.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s firefighting details, including hand-held hoses, uniformed responders, rural fencing, utility poles, and a barn-like structure.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a bystander distance, giving the fire scene an unstaged home-movie perspective rather than an official news or fire-department record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include orange flames, heavy smoke, firefighters, hoses, water spray, trees, fencing, a utility pole, and a light-colored outbuilding.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong grain, saturated orange-purple fire color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short emergency cutaway, local-history insert, disaster transition, or memory beat within a sequence about rural firefighting.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for a rural Illinois fire response, with firefighters working near trees, fencing, and a small building as smoke fills the background.
Research note: People and possible private property are visible, so likeness, property, and location identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1968 Wauconda Illinois fire footage, 8mm rural firefighting, vintage firefighters with hoses, and home movie building fire.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel emergency scenes, then other Wauconda or 1968 Illinois footage, then broader vintage fire and firefighter home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a large fire burning behind trees, smoke, and a utility pole. — Flames and smoke dominate the background as the fire burns beyond trees and a utility pole.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame with intense orange fire, smoke, trees, and a utility pole in a rural fire scene. — The blaze continues behind trees and a utility pole, with smoke spreading across the frame.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing smoke and flames through trees as firefighting water reaches the fire area. — Water spray appears near the smoky fire line as the scene is filmed from behind trees.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing firefighters with hoses near a light-colored rural building and smoke behind trees. — Firefighters work hoses near a small light-colored building as smoke rises in the background.

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