Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: German Shepherd Dog Standing in Grassy Field

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

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German Shepherd Dog Standing in Grassy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a quiet rural scene in Wauconda, Illinois. A German Shepherd dog stands alert in a grassy field dotted with bare trees, near a small doghouse and scattered household items. The footage, framed by a dark border, shows natural movement as the dog shifts position, with a large tree and a distant trailer visible in the background. The color palette features faded blues and greens typical of 1960s home movie film, with noticeable grain and slight color shifts. This authentic slice of Americana offers nostalgic, archival footage ideal for documentaries, historical content, or vintage-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124336609

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 requests for 1960s rural Illinois home-movie footage, especially quiet animal, yard, and domestic exterior cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1960s rural domestic surroundings, with a small doghouse, bare trees, open grass, and a distant trailer or shed visible in the field.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observation of a dog moving around its yard, recorded from a casual home-movie distance without performed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a German Shepherd-type dog, small doghouse, open grassy field, bare trees, household containers, scattered debris, and a distant trailer or shed.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, dark frame edges, slight exposure variation, and faded blue-green color typical of aging home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short animal cutaway, rural yard insert, transition between family scenes, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s domestic sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a modest rural or semi-rural domestic outdoor space in Wauconda, Illinois, without showing identifiable people or public events.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and property-context review may still be needed for final use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1968 Wauconda Illinois dog home movie, 8mm German Shepherd yard footage, rural Illinois doghouse scene, and 1960s home movie field.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1968 Wauconda exteriors, then with rural Midwestern animal or domestic yard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 8mm home-movie frame from Wauconda, Illinois, showing a dog near a small doghouse in a grassy field with trees and household items. — A dog stands alert near a small doghouse in a tree-dotted yard.

Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing a dog in a grassy field near a small doghouse, bare trees, and a dark trailer or shed in the background. — The dog remains near the doghouse while trees and a distant structure fill the background.

1968 8mm frame from Wauconda, Illinois, with a dog moving away across a grassy yard beside a small doghouse and tree trunks. — The dog turns and moves across the grass beside the small doghouse.

Wauconda, Illinois 8mm home-movie frame showing a dog near a small doghouse, with trees, grass, containers, and scattered yard items visible. — The dog stands near the doghouse as yard containers and bare trees frame the scene.

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