Colorado USA-1958: Horseback Riding on a Rural Road in the 1950s

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

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Horseback Riding on a Rural Road in the 1950s — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures two people horseback riding along a quiet rural road in Colorado. The riders, a man and a woman in casual summer attire, traverse a paved road flanked by lush green trees and foliage under bright sunlight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—soft focus, natural color saturation, and subtle grain—creating an authentic mid-century Americana feel. The camera follows the riders from behind, capturing their journey through a peaceful, natural landscape.

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: 123602247

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Colorado home-movie edits needing rural horseback travel, leisure riding, or mid-century outdoor recreation on 8mm film.
Period detail: The casual summer clothing, simple paved roadside, and soft 8mm color may show a late-1950s rural or semi-rural leisure outing.
Home-movie behavior: The riders appear unstaged as the camera watches them move along the road, giving the clip a family-travel or home-movie observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two horseback riders, a paved road, roadside greenery, white signposts, bright sun, deep tree shade, and soft film edges.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, saturated greens, slight exposure variation, visible grain, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, rural cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century recreation sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for casual horseback riding and rural roadside leisure in Colorado without identifying the riders or exact setting.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Colorado 8mm horseback riding, rural road home movie, vintage horse riders, and mid-century outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado home movies, then rural travel, horseback riding, and mid-century outdoor leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two riders on horseback travel along a sunlit rural Colorado road in 1958 home-movie footage. — Two riders are seen on horseback on a quiet paved road lined with greenery.

A rider on horseback passes roadside signposts and foliage in Colorado 8mm footage from 1958. — A rider passes beside white roadside signs and thick green vegetation.

A horseback rider travels away from the camera on a rural Colorado road bordered by shrubs and trees. — A rider moves away along the roadside, partially framed by signposts and greenery.

Two horseback riders, one on a light horse and one on a darker horse, continue along a rural Colorado road. — Two riders continue down the road, seen from behind against dense green foliage.

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