Illinois-1958: Storm-Wrecked Red Barn With Roof Torn Away and Debris Across a Farmyard

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 · Illinois, United States

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What is in this clip

storm damage
tornado aftermath
rural life
farm buildings
natural disaster
community response
Midwest farmland

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · rural farmyard with lawn and outbuildings on flat farmland
Time and weather: day · spring · overcast
Lighting: flat overcast daylight with a cool blue cast
People: 3 · A few small, distant figures in dark clothing standing near a stone wall and among debris at the base of the barn; faces not discernible.
Objects: red barn with torn roof · low stone wall · piles of broken lumber · scattered debris · bare tree · white clapboard house · white low structure · mound of earth
Colors: barn red · grass green · pale grey-blue · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The unroofed red barn stands beyond the lawn with figures by a stone wall.
The camera begins a slow pan right across piles of debris.
A bare tree crosses the foreground as a white house edge appears at right.
The white clapboard house corner fills the right side of the frame.

Storm-Wrecked Red Barn With Roof Torn Away and Debris... — Clip Details

Likely rural Illinois, circa 1958, home movie footage of a red farm barn after a storm, its roof torn away and its gable end ripped open against a grey sky. Small figures stand by a low stone wall at the barn's base while piles of broken lumber and debris spread across the farmyard. The camera pans slowly right past a bare tree on a green lawn until the corner of a white clapboard house enters the frame. Filmed handheld from a distance on colour 8mm film.

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: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000041

Rights & Clearance

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Illinois, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves requests for circa 1958 rural storm or tornado damage on a Midwest farm, for disaster history, weather documentaries and regional history programs.
Period detail: The red gabled barn, fieldstone wall, clapboard farmhouse and colour 8mm rendition fit a 1950s Midwest farmstead, though nothing in the shot dates it precisely.
Home-movie behavior: A local resident filmed the damage from the edge of the lawn, recording neighbours standing quietly among the wreckage rather than a staged news view.
What appears in frame: A red barn with its roof and gable torn open, a low stone wall with people beside it, heaps of broken boards, a bare tree, a white outbuilding and the corner of a white house.
Film character: Cool blue-shifted colour, soft focus and steady grain from projected 8mm stock give the shot an authentic period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or establishing insert for storm aftermath, or as a memory beat in a sequence on rural disaster.
Historical context: Farm families of the period often gathered to assess and clear storm damage together; an April 1954 Kankakee County tornado is a possible but unconfirmed match.
Research note: Copyright in the home movie is separate from likeness and property; distant people are not identifiable but the farm is private property, so assess use accordingly.
Research search match: Fits searches such as 1950s tornado damage barn, 8mm farm storm aftermath, Illinois rural disaster home movie, and barn roof torn off vintage film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's farm-country aftermath drive and Kankakee fire clips, then with other Illinois 1950s farm footage, then with storm and disaster themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Storm-damaged red barn with roof torn away on a farm, likely Illinois, circa 1958, with people and debris at its base — A red barn stands roofless after a storm, its gable end split open, as people gather by the wall below.
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Debris piled across a farmyard beside a roofless red barn after a storm, likely rural Illinois, circa 1958 — As the camera pans, piles of broken lumber and debris come into view across the farmyard.
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Farm scene after a storm, likely Illinois, circa 1958: wrecked red barn, standing figures and a white house edge — A bare tree crosses the frame as the white corner of a farmhouse appears beside the storm-wrecked barn.
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Roofless red barn and white clapboard farmhouse after a storm on flat farmland, likely Illinois, circa 1958, 8mm film — The pan ends on the white clapboard farmhouse, with the damaged barn and debris beyond.
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