Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Horses And Riders Gallop Around Ring

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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 home movie footage from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, in 1973, capturing a lively horse racing event at a dirt track. Riders in colorful attire gallop their horses around the oval ring, with a large crowd of spectators filling the grandstands under a bright sky. The scene is framed by a prominent stadium light pole and surrounded by trees, showcasing the nostalgic charm of mid-1970s Americana. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 120958723

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 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 clip supports archival requests for 1970s Colorado Springs recreational horse racing or equestrian event footage for documentary inserts, social history sequences, and Americana context.
Period detail: The footage shows 1970s-era home-movie visual cues including a dirt oval track, open grandstand, stadium light pole, railings, casual spectators, and riders moving past a low viewing position.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the race from the spectator side with handheld framing that follows horses and riders as they pass the grandstand rather than staging action for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include galloping horses, mounted riders, a dirt track, crowd-filled grandstand, white railings, tall stadium lighting, flags or poles above the stand, and trees beyond the venue.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld drift that give the scene its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for 1970s recreation, local sporting events, horse racing, spectatorship, or Colorado Springs community life.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a public equestrian race or exhibition setting with spectators gathered in covered stands and riders circling a dirt track, without identifying the specific venue or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so use should consider likeness and privacy context separately from copyright, while no readable brands or obvious private-property interiors are visible in the frames.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1973 Colorado Springs horse race home movie, 1970s 8mm equestrian event, dirt track riders and spectators, and vintage Americana horse racing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Colorado Springs material, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs footage, and then with 1970s horse racing, equestrian recreation, crowd, and public event scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing riders on horseback passing a dirt track grandstand with spectators, trees, and a tall stadium light pole in view. — Riders pass the grandstand at a dirt-track horse event.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame with several riders galloping around a dirt oval while spectators watch from a covered stand behind the rail. — Galloping riders move past the spectator stand.

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie still showing horses and riders on a dirt track, with blurred foreground figures, a full grandstand, and trees beyond the roof. — Horse race action continues in front of the stands.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing a rider on horseback moving along the track with a covered grandstand, railings, trees, and a tall pole behind the course. — A rider continues around the ring near the grandstand.

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