Colorado USA-1973: Cowboy Mounting And Riding Horse In Wooded Area

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

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Cowboy Mounting And Riding Horse In Wooded Area — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1973 showing a cowboy in a black hat, light-colored long-sleeve shirt, and blue jeans mounting and riding a brown horse through a wooded area. The man adjusts the saddle and reins before settling into the saddle, then rides the horse along a dirt path surrounded by green trees and foliage. The clip captures the authentic look and feel of a 1970s family vacation film with natural lighting, slight film grain, and the characteristic color palette of Super 8 film. This nostalgic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 120956088

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Colorado 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing a brief Western riding, vacation-ranch, or rural leisure insert with an identifiable adult cowboy figure.
Period detail: The black cowboy hat, light long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, simple riding tack, and Super 8 color palette support an early-1970s Western vacation or ranch-visit setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as an adult man adjusts the horse and tack, mounts, and rides through trees from a casual family-film viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown horse, red saddle blanket, black cowboy hat, light shirt, blue jeans, reins, dirt path, and leafy wooded surroundings.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the riding scene authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for Western travel, horseback riding, outdoor recreation, or 1970s family-vacation sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a leisure or ranch-style horseback activity in Colorado without identifying a specific ranch, town, event, or commercial venue.
Research note: An adult person is visible and may require likeness review, while no logos or audible music are indicated and copyright clearance remains separate from any personal or property rights analysis.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1973 Colorado cowboy riding horse, 1970s 8mm horseback riding, vintage home movie horse trail, and Super 8 Western vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Colorado 1973 outdoor or travel footage, and then with broader 1970s horseback riding or Western leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1973 Colorado home-movie footage, an adult man in a black cowboy hat stands beside a saddled brown horse in a wooded area. — Cowboy prepares a horse beneath trees.

An adult cowboy appears to handle the reins or tack of a brown horse along a dirt path in wooded Colorado surroundings. — Cowboy adjusts the horse before mounting.

The adult rider sits on the saddled brown horse, wearing a black hat and blue jeans as the horse stands among trees in Colorado. — Rider settles into the saddle.

An adult cowboy rides a brown horse through a wooded Colorado setting, with the red saddle blanket visible as the horse moves along the path. — Cowboy rides through the wooded path.

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