Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: House Burning in Fire with Firefighters Battling Flames

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

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House Burning in Fire with Firefighters Battling Flames — Clip Details

A dramatic 8mm home movie from 1968 captures a house engulfed in flames in Wauconda, Illinois. Thick black smoke billows into the sky as intense orange and yellow fire consumes the structure. Two firefighters in dark uniforms stand near a wooden fence, actively battling the blaze with hoses. The footage shows the full intensity of the fire, with flames bursting through the roof and windows, while the surrounding yard and trees are visible in the background. The image quality reflects the era, with visible film grain and slight color fading, offering a raw, authentic glimpse into a historical emergency.

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: 124336291

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: 1960s 8mm emergency footage suited to documentary, museum, or education edits needing a brief residential fire response scene in small-town Illinois.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s firefighting practice, with dark-uniformed firefighters, hose streams, wood fencing, bare trees, and a light-colored house visible during the blaze.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a bystander distance, preserving the unstaged urgency of firefighters working near a burning home rather than a planned news or training view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light-colored house, roof flames, heavy smoke, hose spray, firefighters, a wooden fence, yard debris, and trees around the structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries strong grain, soft focus, gate edges, color shift, and exposure bloom around the flames, giving the emergency scene clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short incident insert, disaster cutaway, public-safety memory beat, or transition into a story about fire response or local emergency history.
Historical context: The clip documents a residential structure fire as seen by a home-movie camera, with firefighters and hoses visible but no supported cause, address, or outcome shown.
Research note: People and a residential exterior are visible, so likeness, property, privacy, and location identification should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1968 Wauconda house fire, 1960s 8mm firefighter footage, home movie residential fire, and Illinois archival fire response.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Wauconda or 1968 Illinois material, then broader 1960s firefighting or house-fire scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing firefighters near a fence as flames and smoke engulf a light-colored house. — Firefighters work from the yard as flames rise behind and through the house.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame with heavy flames behind a house and firefighters operating hoses from the yard. — Heavy fire and smoke surround the house as firefighters continue spraying water.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame showing a residential fire with flames behind the house, thick smoke, and firefighters in the foreground. — A wide burst of flame rises behind the structure while firefighters hold position nearby.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame with hose water striking a smoke-covered house during an active residential fire. — Hose spray reaches the house while flames continue across the roofline and rear area.

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