Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Firemen Near Burning Building

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

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Firemen Near Burning Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic fire scene in Wauconda, Illinois. Firefighters in period uniforms and helmets gather near a burning structure, with thick smoke billowing and charred debris scattered across a grassy field. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows a yellow fire truck parked nearby and the aftermath of the blaze, with flames still visible among the wreckage. The blue-tinted color and film grain evoke a strong sense of historical urgency and archival authenticity.

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: 124337352

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 editorial projects needing home-movie footage of firefighters at an active structure fire in small-town Illinois.
Period detail: The firefighters' long coats, helmets, and the 8mm color stock support the supplied 1968 Wauconda, Illinois period identification.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a bystander distance as firefighters and onlookers move around smoke, debris, and the burned structure remains.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include firefighters, dark coats, helmets, heavy smoke, charred framing, scattered debris, grass, and small flames.
Film character: The clip has blue-shifted 8mm color, soft focus, gate edges, grain, scratches, and handheld framing that mark it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, aftermath cutaway, emergency-response transition, or memory beat in a 1960s local-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a community fire response with people gathered near smoking wreckage, without enough visible detail to identify the building or cause.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and any location or property assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1968 Wauconda Illinois fire, 8mm home movie firefighters, vintage burning building footage, and 1960s emergency response.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1968 Illinois material, then broader vintage fire and emergency-response footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois home-movie frame showing firefighters and bystanders facing smoke and charred debris. — Firefighters and onlookers gather at the edge of a smoky fire scene.

Firefighters in coats and helmets approach smoking wreckage in the 1968 Wauconda fire scene. — Firefighters move closer to the smoking remains of the structure.

Two firefighters in period coats stand near smoke, charred material, and visible flames in Wauconda, Illinois. — Firefighters stand near smoldering debris as smoke drifts across the scene.

A firefighter remains near the smoldering structure debris in this 1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame. — A firefighter stands at the side of the frame while smoke rises from the wreckage.

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