Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Firemen Attempting To Put Out A White House Engulfed In Flames

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

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Firemen Attempting To Put Out A White House Engulfed In... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this archival footage captures firefighters battling a raging blaze at a white house in Wauconda, Illinois. Flames engulf the structure as thick black and purple-tinged smoke billows into the sky. Firefighters in dark uniforms stand near a hose, directing water streams toward the inferno. The scene is framed by a dark border, with visible film grain and scratches, conveying the raw, unfiltered urgency of a real-life emergency. The dramatic lighting and color shifts highlight the intensity of the fire and the efforts to contain it.

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: 124336346

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 editorial projects needing real home-movie footage of firefighters responding to a residential structure fire in small-town Illinois.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, firefighter uniforms, hose handling, and suburban house exterior support a late-1960s emergency-response setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a nearby outdoor vantage point as firefighters work around smoke, flame, fencing, and trees without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white house, heavy flames, dark smoke, firefighters, a hose stream, bare trees, fencing, and strong film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, color shift toward purples and reds, gate borders, scratches, and handheld instability that preserve its physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, emergency cutaway, disaster-history beat, or visual transition into a fire-response sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a residential fire being fought in Wauconda, Illinois, reflecting local emergency response as captured by a home-movie camera.
Research note: People and a residential structure are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Searches such as 1968 Wauconda Illinois house fire, 8mm firefighters, vintage residential blaze, and home movie fire response would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1968 footage, then broader 1960s firefighting or house-fire material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing firefighters directing a hose at a white house engulfed by flames and smoke. — Firefighters stand near a burning white house as a hose stream reaches into the smoke.

Firefighters in Wauconda, Illinois appear near a hose stream aimed at a white house burning in heavy smoke in 1968 footage. — A water stream cuts through smoke as firefighters work beside the burning structure.

8mm footage frame from Wauconda, Illinois shows firefighters beside a white house obscured by smoke and active flames. — Heavy smoke spreads across the frame while firefighters continue working near the house.

1968 home-movie frame shows firefighters near a white house in Wauconda with flames and smoke rising above the structure. — Firefighters gather in the yard as smoke thickens and flames remain visible over the house.

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