Colorado USA-1973: A Caravan Of Horses With Riders Walking Across A Field

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

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A Caravan Of Horses With Riders Walking Across A Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1973 captures a caravan of riders on horseback moving across a sunlit grassy field. Several riders on chestnut, gray, and black horses walk in a line, kicking up light dust as they traverse the open landscape. The scene is framed by a dense treeline of green trees and bushes under a bright sky with scattered clouds. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color fading, and subtle grain, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1970s Americana moment. The camera remains stationary, observing the procession as it moves from left to right across the frame.

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: 120956117

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Colorado or American West documentary requests needing brief home-movie coverage of horseback riders crossing open rural terrain.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1970s recreational riding or trail activity, with riders in casual outdoor clothing moving through a grassy field bordered by trees.
Home-movie behavior: The stationary camera observes the group from a distance, giving the scene an unstaged family-film perspective rather than a formal equestrian event view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include riders on horseback, a grassy field, low shrubs, a dusty path, dense trees, pale sky, and the dark borders of the scanned film frame.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, intermittent dust, and exposure variation that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short rural Americana insert, transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway for horseback riding and open-landscape sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational or group horseback movement in a rural Colorado setting, but the frames do not identify a specific ranch, trail, event, or organization.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are visible in the provided frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 Colorado 8mm horseback riders, vintage home movie horse caravan, 1970s rural field riders, and Super 8 American West horses.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel, then with Colorado 1973 rural footage, and then with broader 1970s horseback riding, trail, ranch, or Americana material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant horseback riders move across a grassy Colorado field in 1973, with shrubs, a treeline, pale sky, and 8mm film borders visible. — Horseback riders cross an open field near trees.

A line of horseback riders continues across the field in Colorado, with dust near the path and dark 8mm frame dividers around the scene. — Riders continue across the field in a loose line.

Horseback riders pass through a dusty section of a grassy Colorado field, with bushes, a wooded rise, and soft 8mm color visible. — Dust rises as the riders move through the field.

By the end of the 1973 Colorado clip, riders on horses are spread across the field, with dust, shrubs, trees, and visible 8mm frame borders in view. — Riders spread out across the field near the treeline.

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