Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Firefighters Spray Water on Burning Barn

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

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Firefighters Spray Water on Burning Barn — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures firefighters battling a blaze at a rural white barn in Wauconda, Illinois. Firemen in dark uniforms operate a hose, spraying a powerful stream of water that creates a misty arc against the overcast sky. The scene unfolds in a grassy field bordered by a barbed wire fence, with bare trees and a utility pole visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and a slightly shaky perspective, conveying the urgency and drama of the emergency response. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century community firefighting.

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: 124336213

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 emergency-response requests needing authentic home-movie footage of firefighters working at a barn fire.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show late-1960s rural firefighting details, including dark fire uniforms, hose handling, a white barn, wire fencing, bare trees, and a utility pole.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint records the response from behind a fence, giving the scene the immediacy of a bystander or resident watching firefighters work.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white barn, firefighters, water hoses, arcing spray, smoke or mist, a barbed wire fence, grass, bare trees, and a utility pole.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, blue color shift, soft exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, emergency cutaway, rural community memory beat, or transition into a sequence about fire response or local risk.
Historical context: The footage places a fire response in a rural property setting, showing firefighters operating hoses near a barn while onlookers or responders stand nearby.
Research note: People and a barn are visible, so likeness and property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1968 Wauconda Illinois barn fire 8mm footage, vintage firefighters spraying water, rural emergency response home movie, and 1960s firemen footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Wauconda or 1968 Illinois material, and then with rural fire, emergency response, or community services footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing firefighters spraying water toward a white barn from behind a rural fence. — Firefighters direct a hose stream near a white barn as mist hangs over the fenced field.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame with firefighters standing near a fence as water sprays beside a white barn. — A strong hose stream crosses the frame while firefighters work near the barn and fence line.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing firefighters using a hose across a rural fenced area beside a white barn. — Firefighters work from the fence line as water spray and smoke or mist partially obscure the barn.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing firefighters spraying water near visible flames at the edge of a barn or structure. — Visible flames rise at the right edge as firefighters continue spraying water across the rural scene.

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