Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: House Fire with Men Fighting Blaze

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

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House Fire with Men Fighting Blaze — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this raw archival footage captures a house engulfed in flames in Wauconda, Illinois. The wooden structure is heavily damaged, with fire and smoke billowing from the charred frame. Two men are seen actively fighting the blaze, using long poles to push and pull debris. The scene is viewed through a wooden fence, with a metal can visible in the foreground. The footage exhibits the distinct color shifts and grain of vintage Super 8 film, offering a dramatic and authentic look at a rural fire emergency.

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: 124337086

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 documentary or museum edits needing a brief rural house fire scene with visible civilian firefighting activity.
Period detail: The 1968 Wauconda metadata and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s home-movie view of a wooden structure fire behind a fence.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a nearby yard or property edge as two men work near the flames, giving the scene an unstaged witness perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a charred wooden house frame, active flames, heavy smoke, two men with long poles, a fence, grass, bare trees, and a metal can in the foreground.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, strong blue-purple color shift, soft focus, flickering exposure, and handheld framing typical of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, emergency cutaway, or memory beat for community fire, rural danger, or home-disaster sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows a local fire response before the camera rather than an official news view, with bystanders or residents appearing to intervene directly.
Research note: People and a damaged residential structure are visible, so likeness and property context should be reviewed separately from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1968 Wauconda 8mm house fire, vintage home movie burning house, men fighting fire with poles, and rural Illinois fire footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1968 Wauconda material, then broader 1960s Illinois home-movie scenes of fires, emergencies, or rural property.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda 8mm frame showing a heavily burned wooden house with flames and smoke while two men work near the right side. — A burned wooden structure smolders and flames behind a yard fence as two men work near the fire.

1968 Wauconda frame of a house fire viewed across a fence, with two men near the flames and smoke around the damaged frame. — The fire continues through the exposed house frame while two men stand near the burning debris.

1968 Wauconda 8mm frame with heavy blue smoke over a burning wooden structure and a person working near the right edge. — Dense smoke partly obscures the damaged structure as fire remains visible inside the frame.

1968 Wauconda frame showing the house fire through heavy smoke, with a man near the right side and fence details in front. — Smoke washes across the scene while flames remain visible in the gutted wooden structure.

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