Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Barn Fire Being Extinguished by Firefighters

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

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Barn Fire Being Extinguished by Firefighters — Clip Details

A dramatic 8mm home movie from 1968 captures a barn engulfed in flames in Wauconda, Illinois. Bright orange fire consumes the wooden structure, sending thick black smoke into the sky. A firefighter in dark gear is seen on the right, directing a powerful stream of water to douse the blaze. The scene unfolds in a rural setting with a wooden fence in the foreground and bare trees under a clear blue sky, showcasing the raw, unfiltered quality of vintage Super 8 film.

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: 124336433

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 documentary or educational requests needing real 8mm footage of a rural Illinois structure fire and firefighting response.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1960s rural village surroundings, with a wooden fence, bare trees, simple outbuildings, and handheld color 8mm exposure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged bystander perspective, recording the fire from behind a fence as a firefighter works at the edge of the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a burning barn or outbuilding, orange flames, heavy smoke, a hose stream, a firefighter at right, fencing, bare trees, and rural yard debris.
Film character: The footage shows dense 8mm grain, saturated fire color, handheld framing, soft focus, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, disaster cutaway, rural community response beat, or visual transition into fire safety or local history material.
Historical context: The footage documents a visible rural firefighting moment in Wauconda, Illinois, without establishing cause, ownership, injuries, or the exact property identity.
Research note: People and possible private property are visible, so copyright, likeness, and property-context review should be handled separately before reuse.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 Wauconda barn fire, 8mm rural firefighting footage, Illinois village fire home movie, and vintage firemen dousing blaze.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1968 Wauconda or Illinois village footage, then broader rural fire and emergency-response scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing flames consuming a rural structure behind a wooden fence as dark smoke rises. — Flames spread across a rural structure while smoke lifts above the fence line.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame with a firefighter on the right spraying water at a burning barn or outbuilding amid heavy smoke. — A firefighter directs a hose stream toward the burning structure.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing intense flames, thick smoke, and a hose stream striking the burning structure. — Water hits the fire as smoke and flames fill the frame.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois frame with a firefighter near the right fence line as the burning outbuilding throws flames and smoke upward. — The fire continues burning as a firefighter remains near the fence line.

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