Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Old Video Of People At A Rodeo People On

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

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Colorado Springs Colorado USA — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1973 captures a lively rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Riders in cowboy hats and bright yellow shirts parade on horseback with flags, while a cowboy in a light blue shirt ropes a small calf in the arena. Spectators fill the bleachers under a covered grandstand, with a large 'Rust Rodeo' sign visible. The film shows natural color shifts and grain typical of home movie footage, offering authentic Americana and western tradition.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120958610

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 Springs, 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 8mm Colorado Springs rodeo clip supports documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing short 1970s Americana footage of a public western event.
Period detail: The covered grandstand, packed bleachers, cowboy hats, mounted flag riders, and color 8mm home-movie texture place the scene within a 1970s rodeo setting supported by the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the visitor-shot feel of someone recording the parade and calf roping action from the stands rather than a staged or broadcast viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mounted riders carrying flags, a dirt rodeo arena, a roper in a light blue shirt, a small calf, railings, spectators in covered bleachers, stadium lights, and partial rodeo signage.
Film character: The clip shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the arena action a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for rodeo culture, family travel, western recreation, or 1970s public-event memory beats.
Historical context: The images show a community rodeo environment with spectators watching mounted flag riders and calf roping, reflecting a public western entertainment setting without identifying the specific event beyond the supplied location and year.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, partial rodeo signage appears in the background, and separate review may be needed for likeness, trademark, and event-related uses while copyright status should be assessed independently.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm rodeo, 1970s home movie calf roping, vintage western arena spectators, and Super 8 rodeo flag riders.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs travel material, and then with broader 1970s rodeo, western recreation, or Americana crowd-event footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs rodeo footage shows mounted riders with flags grouped in a dirt arena while spectators sit under a covered grandstand. — Flag riders gather in the rodeo arena.

A roper in a light blue shirt works with a small calf in the dirt arena as the covered Colorado Springs rodeo grandstand fills the background. — Calf roping in front of the grandstand.

The calf roping sequence continues with the roper kneeling near the calf while spectators watch from the shaded bleachers behind the rail. — Roper kneels during the calf roping sequence.

Near the end of the 1973 rodeo clip, the roper stands beside the calf in the arena with crowded bleachers and partial signage behind him. — Roper stands beside the calf after the catch.

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