Denver Colorado USA-1941: Cowboy Riding Palomino Horse at Rodeo

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

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Cowboy Riding Palomino Horse at Rodeo — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A cowboy in a dark outfit rides a palomino horse across a dirt arena, performing for a seated crowd in the bleachers. The 8mm film captures the horse trotting and cantering with a rider in a wide-brimmed hat, showcasing a classic rodeo exhibition. The grainy black-and-white footage, with visible film edges, evokes a nostalgic mid-20th century American pastime. The scene is lively and authentic, with spectators watching from the stands under open skies.

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: 124601133

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or educational edits needing concise rodeo arena footage from Denver with a mounted cowboy performing before spectators.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed rider, open dirt arena, bleacher crowd, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a mid-20th-century rodeo setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from the stands as a spectator might, following the horse and rider without staged angles or close access.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cowboy rider, light-colored horse, dirt arena, low rail, seated bleachers, open-air crowd, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that read as authentic small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief rodeo insert, recreation cutaway, western memory beat, or transition within a sequence on public entertainment.
Historical context: The footage shows rodeo as a public spectator event, with a mounted performer working inside an arena while the audience watches from bleachers.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness, venue, and event-related permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Denver rodeo home movie, cowboy on palomino horse, vintage dirt arena performance, and 8mm western recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Denver 1941 material, then related rodeo, horse show, cowboy, and mid-century recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Denver footage, a cowboy rides a light-colored horse across a dirt arena before a seated bleacher crowd. — Cowboy and horse move through the arena as spectators watch from the stands.

The rider guides the light-colored horse past the arena rail, with a Denver rodeo crowd visible in the background. — Horse and rider pass in front of the bleachers during the rodeo exhibition.

A cowboy in a dark outfit rides a light-colored horse across the Denver arena, filmed from a distant spectator viewpoint. — The rider continues across the dirt arena in front of the seated audience.

The final frame shows the horse and rider moving across the rodeo grounds, with spectators still visible in the Denver stands. — Horse and rider continue their arena pass as the crowd looks on.

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