Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Burned House with Smoke and Debris

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

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Burned House with Smoke and Debris — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures the aftermath of a fire at a rural property in Wauconda, Illinois. The scene shows the charred remains of a wooden structure, with twisted metal frames and debris scattered across a grassy yard. Smoke lingers in the air, and the footage exhibits the distinct purple and blue color cast typical of aged Super 8 film. The camera remains mostly static, offering a haunting, documentary-style view of the destruction. This archival clip is ideal for historical, editorial, or nostalgic content.

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: 124337140

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: 1960s 8mm footage useful for editorial requests about rural fire aftermath, property loss, disaster recovery, or mid-century home-movie records of damaged structures.
Period detail: The aged 8mm color, simple yard fencing, and metal debris support a late-1960s home-movie view, with Wauconda, Illinois and 1968 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a quiet, static observer's view rather than staged coverage, giving the scene the plain witness quality of a family or local record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a charred wooden frame, bent metal sections, scattered rubble, smoke or haze, winter-bare trees, yard fencing, grass, and dark film borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, purple-blue color shift, dust specks, frame weave, and uneven exposure that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, aftermath cutaway, memory beat, or transition into narration about fire damage, loss, or local history.
Historical context: The footage documents the visible aftermath of a structure fire on a rural or semi-rural property without identifying a cause, owner, or official response.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or music are visible or flagged, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1968 8mm burned house aftermath, Wauconda Illinois fire debris home movie, rural property fire damage, and vintage smoke rubble footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 Wauconda or Illinois material, then broader home-movie footage of fire aftermath or damaged buildings.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing burned wooden remains, scattered rubble, fencing, and haze in a grassy yard. — A static home-movie view of fire-damaged remains with smoke or haze lingering over the yard.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm footage frame with a scorched structure, twisted debris, fence posts, and bluish film fading. — The burned structure remains partly standing while debris lies across the grass.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing a damaged wooden frame, scattered debris, low fencing, and a purple-blue color cast. — A wider-looking frame shows the grassy foreground below the burned remains.

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame of a charred structure, debris piles, fencing, grass, and bare trees in soft faded color. — The final frame keeps the same static view of the burned remains and surrounding yard.

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