Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Fire Burned Down Building with Firefighters Observing

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

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Fire Burned Down Building with Firefighters Observing — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic fire at a rural structure in Wauconda, Illinois. Flames engulf a wooden frame building as thick smoke billows into the sky. Several people, including individuals in period attire and what appear to be firefighters in dark uniforms and hats, stand near a wooden fence observing the blaze. The scene conveys a sense of loss and helplessness, with the charred remains of the structure and the intense fire creating a powerful image of disaster. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage for historical or documentary projects.

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: 124337126

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 edits needing real 8mm home-movie coverage of a rural structure fire and bystanders in Wauconda, Illinois.
Period detail: The clothing, hats, wooden fencing, 8mm color rendering, and rural setting support a late-1960s home-movie view, with the date and location supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind a fence as people stand near the burning frame, giving the scene an unstaged bystander perspective rather than official fire coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include flames, heavy smoke, a partially collapsed wooden frame, firefighters or uniformed observers, bystanders, a fence, grass, and bare trees.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a disaster insert, rural emergency cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a sequence about fire loss or community response.
Historical context: The scene shows people watching a destructive outdoor fire at close range, suggesting a local emergency witnessed from a home-movie viewpoint.
Research note: People and possible firefighter uniforms are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed even though no brands or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Searches such as 1968 Wauconda Illinois fire, 8mm rural building fire, home movie firefighters observing blaze, and 1960s structure fire footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wauconda 1968 material, then broader 1960s fire, emergency response, or rural disaster footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda home-movie frame showing a burning wooden structure, smoke, bystanders, and possible firefighters near a fence. — People watch as flames consume a wooden structure behind a rural fence.

1968 Wauconda frame with flames, smoke, a charred wooden frame, bystanders, and a dark-uniformed figure near the fire. — Bystanders and a uniformed figure stand near the smoldering remains of the structure.

Home-movie view from Wauconda in 1968 showing smoke, fire, a collapsed wood frame, fence rails, and nearby observers. — Smoke and flames surround the collapsed structure while observers remain near the fence.

1968 Wauconda 8mm frame with a wider view of a burning wooden frame, smoke, bystanders, fence posts, and trees. — A wider angle shows the wooden frame engulfed by flames as people watch nearby.

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