Denver Colorado USA-1941: Cowboy Struggles to Hold on Bucking Horse

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

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Cowboy Struggles to Hold on Bucking Horse — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A cowboy in a light-colored shirt and dark pants struggles to maintain his grip on a powerful bucking horse during a rodeo event. The black-and-white 8mm film captures the intense action as the horse rears and twists in the arena, with spectators visible in the bleachers behind. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and a slightly shaky, handheld camera perspective, conveying the raw energy of mid-20th century western sports. This authentic home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into American rodeo culture.

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: 124601226

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 U.S. rodeo, Western sport, and Denver recreation requests needing brief documentary or editorial action footage from amateur 8mm film.
Period detail: The open arena, bleacher seating, cowboy clothing, and black-and-white 8mm look support the stated 1941 Denver rodeo context without identifying a specific venue.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from the spectator side as the rider and horse move through the arena, giving the scene a visitor-filmed immediacy rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bucking horse, a mounted cowboy, arena dirt, low railings, scattered bleacher spectators, vertical film-frame edges, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has visible film grain, mild blur during fast motion, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that read as authentic physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, action cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century rodeo, Western leisure, or American sporting culture sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows rodeo as a public spectator event, with seated crowds watching a rider attempt to stay on a bucking horse in an outdoor arena.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so copyright status, rider likeness, and any venue or event permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1941 Denver rodeo 8mm footage, bucking horse home movie, 1940s cowboy competition, and vintage Western sports crowd scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Denver or 1941 material, and then with broader rodeo, cowboy, horse, or mid-century leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1941 Denver rodeo footage showing a cowboy on a bucking horse before a seated crowd in outdoor bleachers. — A rider tries to stay mounted as the horse bucks in front of the rodeo crowd.

Cowboy appears to steady himself on a bucking horse during a 1941 Denver rodeo event, with bleachers behind. — The horse pauses or turns near the rail as the rider keeps hold.

A cowboy leans over a bucking horse in the Denver rodeo arena, captured in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage. — The horse drops its head and kicks while the rider is thrown forward.

The rider extends an arm as the bucking horse twists in the 1941 Denver rodeo arena, with spectators visible behind. — The rider stretches one arm outward as the horse twists and bucks.

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