Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Horses Getting In Line For A Race

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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 rodeo event. The clip shows a packed grandstand with spectators watching riders on horseback in a dirt arena. A prominent sign reads 'PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST RODEO' and 'MRS. MORA ICE REVUE'. Riders in period attire guide their horses around the track under a bright sky, with trees and an American flag visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, conveying authentic mid-1970s Americana. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, and historical storytelling.

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: 120958753

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: 1970s Colorado Springs home-movie footage supports documentary or educational requests for rodeo, horse racing, fairground entertainment, and public spectator culture in the American West.
Period detail: The packed grandstand, dirt arena, rider attire, American flag, and visible Pike's Peak or Bust Rodeo sign provide period clues consistent with the supplied 1973 Colorado Springs metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, following horses, riders, spectators, signage, and the starting line from a handheld position in the stands or near the arena rail.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horses and riders in a dirt arena, a roofed grandstand full of spectators, arena fencing, flagpoles, trees, a scoreboard-style sign, and a starting gate area.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, mild color shift, and motion blur that give the scene authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or establishing insert for 1970s rodeo attendance, horse racing, regional recreation, or Americana sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a public equestrian event as seen by an attendee, emphasizing spectatorship, arena organization, and outdoor recreation rather than a formal broadcast view.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance and event signage or branded wording appears, so likeness, trademark, venue, and event-identification review may be needed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches include 1970s Colorado Springs rodeo footage, 8mm horse race grandstand, Pike's Peak or Bust Rodeo home movie, and vintage American West equestrian event.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs material, then with rodeo, horse racing, county fair, and spectator-crowd footage from the same era.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing horseback riders in a dirt arena with a crowded covered grandstand, arena rail, trees, and flagpoles in the background. — Horseback riders pass the grandstand at the rodeo arena.

1973 Colorado Springs frame with a blurred rider crossing the foreground as other horses and riders move near the arena rail before a packed covered grandstand. — A foreground rider passes the arena rail during the rodeo event.

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing riders and horses near a starting gate area, with a sign reading Pike's Peak or Bust Rodeo and Mrs. Mora Ice Revue partly visible above the arena. — Riders line up near the rodeo starting area and event signage.

1973 Colorado Springs frame showing multiple horses and riders lined near numbered starting stalls under visible Pike's Peak or Bust Rodeo signage, with trees and sky behind the arena. — Horses and riders line up under the rodeo sign.

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