Denver Colorado USA-1941: Circus Clown Performing A Short Presentation In The

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Year1941
Decade1940s
LocationDenver, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Circus Clown Performing A Short Presentation In The — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a circus clown performing a short presentation on a grassy field within a stadium. The black and white footage shows the clown in a dark top and light, wide-legged pants, making exaggerated gestures and movements for a small audience seated in the bleachers. The grainy, slightly shaky quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, historic atmosphere of a mid-20th century entertainment event.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124601006

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1941 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1940s documentary or education edits needing brief home-movie coverage of a circus clown performance in a Denver stadium setting.
Period detail: The wide bleachers, open grass field, dark clown top and light wide-legged pants support a mid-20th-century circus or public entertainment setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has visitor-shot value, watching a lone performer from a distance as he gestures and moves for people seated in the stands.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a grassy field, stadium bleachers, a fence or post, a clown in light pants, scattered spectators and strong 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, slight handheld instability and exposure variation across the contact frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat or cutaway for circus entertainment, public events or wartime-era leisure context.
Historical context: The footage shows a public performance moment with a small audience in stadium seating, offering social context for casual entertainment in Denver in 1941.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, performer likeness and venue-identification questions should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Searches this clip may match include 1941 Denver 8mm circus clown, black-and-white home movie stadium performance and vintage clown field act.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Denver 1941 material, then related circus, stadium or public entertainment footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Denver 1941 home-movie frame showing a circus clown on grass in front of stadium bleachers. — A clown stands on the grass near the stadium stands during the performance.

Denver 1941 frame of a clown extending an arm while performing on a stadium field. — The performer gestures outward from the grassy field as spectators watch from the bleachers.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Denver showing the clown paused on the grass below the stands. — The clown pauses on the field, framed by the stadium seating and film gate edges.

Denver 1941 home-movie frame showing the clown raising both arms during a field performance. — The performer raises both arms during a short presentation on the stadium field.

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