Web preview · 144px highLarge antlered cervid (described as elk in clip metadata) standing in open woodland with bare deciduous trees; Illinois park or wildlife area, circa 1962, 8mm home movie.
Large antlered animal in bare woodland, Illinois, circa 1962.

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Large antlered animal in bare woodland, Illinois, circa 1962 — Illinois, 1962

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1962
Location
Illinois, United States
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Large antlered cervid (described as elk in clip metadata) standing in open woodland with bare deciduous trees; Illinois park or wildlife area, circa 1962, 8mm home movie.

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Illinois USA-1962: Historic Stone Building, Automobiles, and Elk in Woods

Illinois USA-1962: Historic Stone Building, Automobiles, and Elk in Woods

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Source format: 8mm.

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Source reel 2325

Reel label: glenn t evans

Year note: 1962

Location note: moline illinois

Period detail

Early 1960s American automobiles including a turquoise sedan and a grey car in motion, a mid-century traffic direction sign, and a Gothic Revival stone building with crenellated towers consistent with a 1962 Illinois setting.

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8mm gauge with natural color grain and a slight cool shift in the woodland scenes; mild motion blur on passing cars; dark frame-edge masking visible at image borders consistent with the original film gate.

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The traffic sign's phrasing reflects mid-century American traffic engineering conventions; the Gothic Revival building may be a municipal, institutional, or ecclesiastical landmark whose identity warrants further research.

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No persons are identifiable and license plates are not legible; the building's ownership and identity should be confirmed before asserting a specific landmark in broadcast contexts; wildlife footage carries no likeness concerns.

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