Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Burning Building with Firefighters

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

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Burning Building with Firefighters — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this archival footage captures a dramatic fire training exercise in Wauconda, Illinois. A white building is engulfed in intense flames and thick smoke, with firefighters actively battling the blaze using hoses. The scene unfolds in a rural setting with utility poles and fencing visible, rendered in the distinctive color palette and grain of vintage home movie film. The footage offers a powerful, authentic glimpse into mid-century emergency response training.

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: 124336361

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: Supports 1960s documentary or educational edits needing authentic 8mm footage of a fire training exercise in small-town Illinois.
Period detail: The rural setting, utility poles, simple fencing, and white frame building may show mid-century emergency training conditions in Wauconda, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint records firefighters and onlookers from a bystander distance as smoke and flame overtake the structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white building, heavy flames, dark smoke, firefighters, hose streams, utility poles, fencing, and bare trees.
Film character: Color 8mm texture shows soft focus, saturated flame color, grain, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing from a contact-sheet scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, emergency-response cutaway, training sequence beat, or transition into fire safety history.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a controlled burn or fire-training scene rather than an accidental event, based on the supplied clip title and metadata.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1968 Wauconda fire training, 8mm burning building, firefighters hose practice, and vintage emergency response footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Wauconda 1968 material, then broader 1960s firefighting, training, or public-safety footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda 8mm frame showing a white building engulfed in fire and smoke, with distant people near utility poles. — Flames and smoke rise around a white building during a fire training scene.

1968 Wauconda fire training footage shows a white structure beside intense flames and smoke, with distant figures at right. — A white structure stands beside heavy flames and smoke as people watch from a distance.

Wauconda, Illinois 1968 frame showing firefighters or trainees near hose lines as a white building burns heavily. — Several figures work near hose lines while flames spread around the structure.

Final 1968 Wauconda frame shows the burning structure amid smoke, flames, bare trees, and distant people near the scene. — Smoke and flame surround the building as distant figures remain near the training burn.

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