Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Firefighter Battling House Fire

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

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Firefighter Battling House Fire — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this archival footage captures a devastating house fire in Wauconda, Illinois. Flames engulf a wooden structure as thick smoke billows into the sky, with a firefighter in period-appropriate gear moving through the scene. The footage, marked by the characteristic grain and color shift of vintage Super 8 film, shows the building in various stages of destruction, from intense flames to a smoldering ruin. This raw, unedited home movie offers a powerful glimpse into a historical emergency, evoking the urgency and chaos of the moment.

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: 124336838

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 footage for productions needing a brief, eyewitness-style view of firefighters confronting a severe house fire in Wauconda, Illinois.
Period detail: The clip may show period firefighting gear, a wooden residential structure, and the color response typical of late-1960s small-gauge film.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a bystander distance as smoke and flame overtake the structure, giving the scene an unstaged local-emergency perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a burning wooden building, heavy purple-gray smoke, flames along walls and rooflines, bare tree branches, a firefighter figure, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has pronounced grain, soft focus, color fading, gate edges, and uneven exposure that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, emergency cutaway, or memory beat for fire response, local disaster, or home-movie archive sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a visible structure fire and emergency response in a small-town setting without confirming cause, ownership, casualties, or official incident details.
Research note: People and property-related subject matter appear visible, so copyright, likeness, location, and property-context review may still be needed for sensitive uses.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1968 Wauconda Illinois house fire, 8mm firefighter footage, vintage home movie fire scene, and 1960s residential fire response.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel fire footage, then other Wauconda or 1968 Illinois material, then broader 1960s firefighting and disaster-response clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a firefighter near a wooden structure engulfed in flames and smoke. — A firefighter moves near a burning wooden building as smoke spreads across the scene.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing dense smoke and flames consuming the side of a wooden building. — Smoke and fire obscure much of the wooden structure during the blaze.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a smoke-covered wooden structure with fire visible inside and along the wall. — Heavy smoke veils the structure as flames burn through openings and siding.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing flames inside a wooden building as smoke rises around bare trees. — Flames burn inside the structure while smoke drifts across the frame.

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