Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Firefighters Battle Fire at Wooden Structure

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

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Firefighters Battle Fire at Wooden Structure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this archival footage captures a fire scene in Wauconda, Illinois. A firefighter in a dark coat stands near a smoldering structure as thick smoke billows into the sky. The charred remains of a wooden building lie in ruins, with debris scattered across a grassy field. The scene is viewed through a window frame, adding a voyeuristic, home movie feel. The footage shows the aftermath of a large fire, with lingering smoke and damaged property, evoking a sense of loss and urgency from a bygone era.

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: 124337406

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 fire aftermath footage for documentary inserts on local emergencies, firefighting, damaged structures, or community memory in Wauconda, Illinois.
Period detail: The dark coat, bare trees, open lot, and 8mm color stock may show a late-1960s small-town fire response rather than a staged news scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind a window or doorway, giving the scene an unstaged resident viewpoint as smoke rises from the burned structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a firefighter or bystander, heavy smoke, charred wooden framing, scattered debris, bare trees, grass, dirt ground, and a dark window frame.
Film character: The scan has 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, slight color shift, and contact-frame borders that retain the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: Use as a brief cutaway, aftermath insert, transition beat, or memory fragment in sequences about fire damage, local emergency response, or rural property loss.
Historical context: The footage shows a small-town fire scene after active flames have largely passed, with smoke and ruined framing emphasizing material damage and community disruption.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1968 Wauconda Illinois 8mm fire aftermath, burned wooden structure smoke, home movie firefighter, or small-town blaze footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1968 Illinois material, then broader home-movie scenes of fires, firefighters, smoke, and property damage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wauconda, Illinois archival 8mm footage, a person stands near a smoky burned structure viewed through a dark frame. — A distant figure stands near lingering smoke at the edge of a burned structure.

Charred wooden framing and smoke fill the view during the 1968 Wauconda fire aftermath footage. — Smoke continues to rise around the collapsed remains of a wooden structure.

The 8mm frame shows a smoldering, burned wooden structure in Wauconda, Illinois, with debris and bare trees nearby. — The damaged structure remains smoking, with collapsed wood and debris visible across the lot.

A smoky view of the burned structure in 1968 Wauconda shows charred beams, debris, grass, and bare trees. — Smoke hangs over the remains of the burned building as the camera holds from a distance.

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