Colorado-1958: Riders On Horseback In A Grassy Field

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Colorado

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Riders On Horseback In A Grassy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures two riders on horseback traversing a sun-drenched grassy field in Colorado. The scene unfolds under a dramatic sky with scattered clouds, with distant mountains and scattered trees framing the landscape. The riders move across the open terrain, their figures slightly blurred by the film's motion and grain. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—soft focus, warm color tones, and natural film grain—evoking a nostalgic, pastoral moment from mid-century America. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into rural life and outdoor recreation of the era.

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: 123586823

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 1634 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: vacation,july,august,reel-1
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1958 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 1950s Colorado home-movie requests needing rural horseback recreation, open land, mountains, or pastoral documentary cutaways.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century recreational riding in an open Colorado field, with period clues mainly from the 8mm color home-movie format and soft handheld framing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes riders crossing a field from a distance, giving the scene an unstaged family-film view of outdoor leisure rather than a posed portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two mounted riders, a grassy field, a pale dirt track, scattered trees, distant mountains, bright clouds, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild blur, warm color, uneven exposure, and handheld 8mm movement that reads as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, rural memory beat, or cutaway for horseback riding, Colorado travel, or mid-century outdoor life.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for recreational horseback riding in a rural or open landscape, without identifying a specific ranch, event, or community.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1958 Colorado 8mm horseback riders, vintage home movie horses in field, and 1950s rural recreation footage are relevant matches.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Colorado 1958 outdoor footage, then with broader horseback riding or rural leisure themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing riders on horseback in an open grassy field beneath clouds, with trees and mountains beyond. — Riders move through an open field with a mountain backdrop.

Two horseback riders appear in a Colorado field, with a pale track, distant trees, and low mountains visible in soft 8mm color. — Mounted riders pass across the open grassland.

A soft 8mm home-movie frame shows horseback riders spread across a Colorado field with trees, mountains, and large clouds behind them. — Riders are spaced across the field as the camera follows from a distance.

A rider on horseback crosses the foreground of a Colorado field while another mounted figure is partly visible near the frame edge. — One rider passes nearer the camera as the field and mountains remain in view.

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