Denver Colorado USA-1941: Man Lying on Rising Horse

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

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Man Lying on Rising Horse — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A man lies across a horse on a grassy field in a vintage 8mm home movie. The horse, wearing a bridle, slowly rises from the ground as the man remains draped over its back. In the background, empty stadium-style bleachers and a few spectators are visible. The footage, captured on 8mm film, shows natural grain and a slightly shaky camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, mid-20th century Americana feel. This archival clip captures a unique moment of human-animal interaction, likely a trick or performance, in a casual outdoor setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124601186

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 Denver or mid-century Americana edits needing a brief home-movie view of a horse trick or informal outdoor performance.
Period detail: The bleachers, open grass field, 8mm framing, and dated metadata support a 1941 Denver setting, while clothing and tack details remain indistinct.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational value of a spectator filming a horse and handler as the animal rises with the man draped across its back.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bridled horse, an adult man across its back, a grass field, stadium-style bleachers, a low wall, a few distant spectators, and a dark film-frame border.
Film character: The scan shows monochrome 8mm grain, soft focus, gate shadowing, uneven exposure, and slight handheld drift that signal original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for animal performance, fairground, rodeo-adjacent, or unusual human-animal interaction sequences.
Historical context: The scene appears to show a casual public or semi-public outdoor demonstration, with sparse spectators and empty seating suggesting a small-scale performance moment.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable; copyright, likeness, venue, and animal-performance context should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1941 Denver 8mm horse trick, vintage home movie horse rising, man lying across horse, and mid-century stadium field animal performance may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with other 1941 Denver footage, and then with horse, rodeo, fairground, or home-movie animal-performance material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Denver home-movie footage, a man lies across a bridled horse on a grass field near stadium bleachers. — A man rests across the horse as it lies or begins to rise on the field.

The horse lifts from the grass as the man stays across its back, with bleachers and a few spectators in the background. — The horse starts to rise while the man remains positioned across its back.

The horse comes higher off the ground as the man remains across its body in the 1941 Denver field scene. — The horse continues rising during the apparent trick or performance.

The horse appears upright with the man still across its back, filmed from a distance on a Denver grass field in 1941. — The horse reaches a standing position while carrying the man across its back.

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