Colorado USA-1973: Cowboy Untying Horse in Forest Clearing

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · Colorado, United States

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Explore this year and place

Compare featured footage, popular clips and the full collection.

Same year and place1973 · Colorado, United StatesExplore footage →Across the archiveFilmed in 1973Explore the year →Across the yearsColorado, United StatesExplore the place →

Cowboy Untying Horse in Forest Clearing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1973 captures a cowboy in a yellow shirt and black hat untangling a horse from a post in a sun-dappled, tree-lined clearing. The man, wearing blue jeans, carefully removes the reins as the brown horse stands patiently. The scene is bathed in natural sunlight, with lush green foliage surrounding the rustic moment. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of American Western life. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120956070

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 1382 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: colorado springs
Date: 1973 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: Colorado, 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports requests for 1970s Colorado home-movie material showing Western-themed horse handling, roadside town atmosphere, and short documentary cutaways of everyday regional travel.
Period detail: Visible period clues include 1970s-era parked cars, casual clothing, a Southwestern-style building, saturated 8mm color, and a cowboy-costumed man handling a horse in a wooded clearing.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor-observer quality, moving from a town-facing exterior to a quiet moment of a man adjusting or freeing a horse's reins near a post.
What appears in frame: The frames show an adobe-like building, parked cars, pedestrians, red rock terrain, a man in a black hat and yellow shirt, a brown horse, reins, trees, brush, and a simple rail or post.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, bright outdoor exposure, mild color shift, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat linking Colorado travel, Western imagery, small-town exteriors, and horse-handling activity.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects a 1970s home-movie encounter with Western-themed public space or recreation without establishing whether the setting is a working ranch, attraction, or town event.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review depending on use, while no readable logos or music are evident and copyright clearance remains separate from any personality or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1970s Colorado 8mm cowboy with horse, home movie horse reins clearing, Western town travel footage, adobe building cars mountains, and Super 8 Colorado horse scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado material, then with broader 1970s Western travel, horses, small towns, and roadside attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing an adobe-like town building, several parked cars, pedestrians, and red rock landscape in bright daylight. — Town exterior with parked cars and red rock backdrop.
License this still · $49

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a man in a black hat and yellow shirt beside a brown horse near trees and a simple rail or post. — Cowboy-costumed man beside horse in clearing.
License this still · $49

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a man in a black hat adjusting or freeing reins near a brown horse's head in a shaded green clearing. — Man works with the horse's reins.
License this still · $49

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a man in a black hat stepping away with reins or lead line as the brown horse stands among trees and brush. — Man steps back from the standing horse.
License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips