Colorado USA-1973: People Riding Horses Across Field with Red Rock Formation

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

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People Riding Horses Across Field with Red Rock Formation — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1973 captures a group of people riding horses across a sun-drenched grassy field with a forested hillside in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 color grading with a distinct purple and green tint, characteristic of 1970s home movie film stock. The scene transitions to a striking red rock formation with three wooden crosses on a hillside, where visitors walk along a trail under a vivid blue sky. The footage shows natural camera movement and the authentic grain and slight imperfections of archival 8mm film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a 1970s American outdoor vacation.

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: 120956134

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: This 1973 Colorado 8mm home-movie clip can support archival requests for 1970s American vacation travel, horseback riding recreation, and visitor footage at a red rock outdoor site.
Period detail: The visible clothing, casual tourist movement, horseback outing, and saturated 8mm color may show early-1970s leisure travel consistent with the supplied 1973 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from distant horseback riders in a field to travelers walking near a red rock formation and hillside crosses.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include riders on horses, an open grassy field, a wooded hillside, a red rock formation, wooden crosses, shrubs, boulders, visitors, and a bright blue sky.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, handheld framing, uneven exposure, gate edges, and purple-green color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief vacation-memory insert, a transition from outdoor recreation to scenic sightseeing, or a cutaway for 1970s Colorado travel.
Historical context: The scenes reflect recreational outdoor tourism and casual sightseeing in Colorado without enough visual evidence to identify the exact site or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1973 Colorado home movie, 8mm horseback riders in field, 1970s red rock formation visitors, and vintage American vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Colorado 1973 travel footage, and then broader 1970s outdoor vacation or horseback riding material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1973 Colorado home-movie footage, several people ride horses across an open grassy field below a wooded hillside. — Horseback riders cross an open field.
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Visitors walk near shrubs and boulders below a red rock formation with three wooden crosses visible on the hillside in Colorado footage from 1973. — Visitors approach a red rock hillside with crosses.
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A low-angle 1973 Colorado 8mm frame shows visitors below a red rock formation, with wooden crosses, trees, boulders, and deep blue sky. — Red rock formation rises above hillside crosses.
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The final 1973 Colorado frame shows small visitor figures on a hillside below wooden crosses and a red rock formation, framed by shrubs and blue sky. — Visitors pause below the rock formation and crosses.
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