Wauconda Illinois USA-1968: Fire Aftermath With Fire Truck And Burned Structure

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

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Fire Aftermath With Fire Truck And Burned Structure — Clip Details

WAUCONDA ILLINOIS USA-1968: A vintage 8mm home movie captures the aftermath of a fire, with charred wooden debris and smoke rising from a collapsed structure. A person in a red shirt walks past the wreckage, while a red fire truck and classic American cars are parked nearby on a dirt lot. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the scene under a clear sky with bare trees, conveying a somber, historical moment from the late 1960s.

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: 124337452

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 documentary or education edits needing home-movie evidence of a small-town Illinois fire aftermath and emergency response scene.
Period detail: The red fire truck, dirt lot, bare trees, overhead wires, and late-1960s American cars support the stated 1968 Wauconda setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observer's view of a recent fire scene, with a person passing near the wreckage and the camera lingering on response vehicles.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include charred structural debris, smoke or haze, a red fire truck, parked classic cars, bare trees, utility wires, dirt ground, and a passerby.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, aftermath cutaway, transition from emergency response to damage, or memory beat in a local history sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a burned structure and nearby fire apparatus in a small-town roadside or lot setting without identifying the cause of the fire.
Research note: People and possible property are visible, so likeness, location, and property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 Wauconda Illinois fire aftermath, 8mm fire truck home movie, burned structure debris, and 1960s small-town emergency response.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then Wauconda or 1968 Illinois footage, then other fire aftermath and emergency-service home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Wauconda 8mm frame showing burned wooden debris, haze, bare trees, and part of a person near the wreckage. — Charred debris and lingering haze at the fire aftermath scene.

1968 Wauconda frame with collapsed fire debris, scorched wood, bare trees, and a partly visible person in red nearby. — A partly visible passerby stands near the burned remains.

1968 Wauconda 8mm frame showing a red fire truck, parked late-1960s cars, utility pole, and open dirt lot. — Fire truck and parked cars at the scene after the fire.

1968 Wauconda frame with a fire truck, several parked American cars, trees, utility wires, and a dirt roadside area. — The camera looks across the lot toward the fire truck and cars.

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