Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Fire Brigade Men Put Out House Fire With Truck

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

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Fire Brigade Men Put Out House Fire With Truck — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1968 captures a rural fire emergency in Wauconda, Illinois. A red Nunda Rural Fire Department truck is the focal point as firefighters in period uniforms battle a blaze, with smoke rising from a pile of debris. The footage, shot through a dark frame, shows the truck's side with 'NUNDA RURAL' lettering, a hose on the ground, and a man standing near the cab. The scene evokes a sense of community action during a crisis, with the film's natural grain and color saturation characteristic of Super 8 footage from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124337379

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 requests needing 1960s rural Illinois emergency-response footage for documentary, education, museum, or period community-life sequences.
Period detail: The red fire truck, hose handling, side lettering, and 8mm color stock may show a late-1960s volunteer or rural fire response context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a partially obstructed home-movie viewpoint as firefighters and bystanders move around the truck and smoky scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red Nunda Rural fire truck, firefighters or brigade men, smoke, hose lines, debris, bare trees, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, slight softness, gate shadowing, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for rural fire response, local public safety, or community crisis coverage.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a local fire response with a rural fire department truck and people gathered near smoke and debris.
Research note: People and department markings are visible, so likeness, trademark or insignia, and location identification should be reviewed separately from film copyright.
Research search match: Searches might include 1968 Wauconda Illinois fire truck, Nunda Rural Fire Department 8mm footage, rural firefighters, or house fire home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or Illinois 1968 material, then broader rural fire brigade and emergency-response footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda-area home-movie frame showing a red rural fire truck near firefighters, hose lines, smoke, and debris. — Firefighters stand near a red rural fire truck as smoke rises behind scattered debris.

Red Nunda Rural fire truck in a 1968 Illinois home-movie scene, with people, smoke, hose lines, and firefighting gear visible. — The red truck remains parked while figures move near hoses and smoke in the background.

Close 8mm view of the red fire truck side with Nunda Rural lettering, wheel, cab, and a building partly visible behind it. — A close pass across the truck shows the Nunda Rural lettering along the red body.

Close 1968 home-movie frame of the Nunda Rural fire truck side, showing lettering, red wheels, cab area, and dark gate border. — The camera frames the side of the Nunda Rural fire truck near the cab and front wheel.

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