Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: House Fire with Firefighters Spraying Water

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

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House Fire with Firefighters Spraying Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this archival footage captures a house engulfed in flames in Wauconda, Illinois. Bright orange fire consumes the roof and windows while thick smoke billows into the night sky. A firefighter directs a powerful stream of water at the blaze, attempting to contain the spreading fire. The scene is framed by tree branches, with the intense glow illuminating the surrounding yard and a wooden fence. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color shifts, offering a raw, authentic look at a dramatic emergency from the late 1960s.

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: 124336284

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: Supports 1960s documentary or museum edits needing real 8mm emergency footage of a residential structure fire with firefighters at work.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1968 Wauconda setting place the scene in late-1960s local home-movie documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind trees at a distance, giving the clip the unstaged urgency of a bystander recording an active fire response.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a burning house, orange roof flames, smoke, tree trunks, leafy branches, a window glowing with fire, firefighters, hoses, a yard, and fencing.
Film character: The clip carries dense grain, saturated orange firelight, soft focus, gate shadows, and handheld exposure shifts typical of small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, emergency cutaway, local-history beat, or visual transition into a story about fire, loss, rescue, or community response.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a residential fire response in a Midwestern town without supporting claims about the cause, occupants, damage, or outcome.
Research note: People and private property appear visible, so copyright, likeness, property, and incident-specific permissions should be reviewed before sensitive or commercial use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1968 Wauconda Illinois house fire, 8mm firefighter footage, home movie structure fire, and 1960s emergency response film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 Wauconda material, then broader 1960s fire, firefighting, and local emergency footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda 8mm frame showing a house roof engulfed in orange flames, partly obscured by dark trees. — Flames spread across the roof of a house seen through trees.

1968 Wauconda fire scene with flames over a house roof and a firefighter hose stream aimed into a burning window. — A hose stream is directed toward a window as fire burns through the roof.

1968 Wauconda 8mm frame showing intense flames and smoke around a house, partially hidden by branches and a dark tree trunk. — Heavy flames and smoke fill the view around the side of the house.

1968 Wauconda 8mm wide frame showing firefighters and hoses in a yard as a house and nearby structure burn. — Firefighters work from the yard while flames consume the house and surrounding area.

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