Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Firefighters at Scene of Building Fire

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

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Firefighters at Scene of Building Fire — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this archival footage captures fire department personnel at the scene of a catastrophic fire in Wauconda, Illinois. A firefighter in a white helmet and dark coat stands near smoldering debris as flames and thick smoke rise from the charred remains of a structure. Another man in a red cap observes the damage. The scene unfolds in a rural setting with bare trees under a pale sky, the film showing natural grain and color shifts typical of vintage home movie footage. The footage documents the aftermath of a destructive blaze, offering a raw, unfiltered look at emergency response and community impact.

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: 124337440

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 1960s documentary requests needing emergency response, fire aftermath, or community disaster footage from Midwestern home movies.
Period detail: The white firefighter helmet, long dark turnout coat, rubber boots, and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s fire-response scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from nearby ground level as firefighters and bystanders move around smoldering wreckage, giving the clip an unstaged local-witness perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white-helmeted firefighter, a red-capped man, charred beams, active flames, heavy smoke, bare trees, grass, and collapsed structural debris.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, handheld framing, slight color shifts, and uneven exposure that register as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as an insert, cutaway, or memory beat for fire damage, emergency response, rural community loss, or post-disaster aftermath.
Historical context: The footage documents people responding to a destructive structure fire in Wauconda, with bare trees and open ground suggesting a local outdoor setting.
Research note: People and possible insignia are visible, so likeness, department identification, and any property or copyright questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1968 Wauconda fire footage, 8mm firefighter scene, burning structure aftermath, smoke and flames home movie, or Illinois fire department archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1968 Illinois material, then broader fire department, disaster aftermath, and community response footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda, Illinois 8mm frame showing a white-helmeted firefighter facing smoldering wreckage with flames and bare trees behind. — A firefighter stands at the edge of smoking debris from a burned structure.

1968 Wauconda fire scene with a red-capped man and white-helmeted firefighter near collapsed smoking beams and visible flames. — A firefighter and another man watch the remains of a structure continue to smoke and burn.

A white-helmeted firefighter crosses the foreground as a man watches smoking fire debris in 1968 Wauconda, Illinois footage. — A firefighter passes close to the camera while a man stands near the smoldering ruins.

1968 Wauconda fire aftermath frame showing a man beside smoking wreckage, charred beams, scattered debris, and bare trees. — A man stands at the edge of the burned structure as smoke continues to rise.

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