Denver Colorado USA-1941: Man Riding Bucking Horse in Rodeo Arena

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

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Man Riding Bucking Horse in Rodeo Arena — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A man rides a bucking horse in an arena during a rodeo event, captured on grainy 8mm film. The rider struggles to maintain his seat as the horse rears and kicks, while spectators watch from wooden bleachers. Two men in light-colored shirts stand in the foreground, observing the action. The footage shows natural motion blur and the characteristic vignette of vintage home movie film, conveying the raw energy and excitement of mid-20th century American rodeo culture.

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: 124601285

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: Yes

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: 1940s Denver rodeo home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about American sport, recreation, arena spectators, or Western riding traditions.
Period detail: The wooden bleachers, open arena, light shirts, and 8mm framing may show mid-century rodeo presentation consistent with the supplied 1941 Denver metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint, holding on the bucking horse while foreground arena workers and bleacher spectators react from fixed positions.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bucking horse, mounted rider, arena dirt, wooden bleachers, seated spectators, railings, and men standing near the action.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows heavy grain, soft focus, vignetting, exposure fluctuation, and motion blur that give the rodeo action a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short action insert, rodeo cutaway, Western recreation transition, or memory beat within a 1940s Denver sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents public rodeo entertainment with spectators in bleachers watching a rider attempt to stay mounted during a bucking-horse event.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, and likeness rights may need review separate from copyright; audible music is flagged and should be checked.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1941 Denver rodeo 8mm, bucking horse home movie, 1940s arena spectators, and vintage Western riding footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Denver 1941 material, then broader 1940s rodeo, horse riding, or arena spectator footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1941 Denver rodeo footage shows a rider leaning back on a bucking horse as spectators watch from wooden bleachers. — A rider tries to stay seated as the horse bucks near the arena rail.

In the Denver arena, the bucking horse moves right with the rider still mounted and spectators seated behind the rail. — The horse carries the rider across the arena as foreground observers watch.

The 8mm frame shows the rider lifted as the horse bucks near the bleachers during the 1941 Denver rodeo event. — The rider is thrown upward as the horse bucks near the arena edge.

The closing frame shows the horse and rider moving along the Denver rodeo arena with spectators in the background. — The horse continues along the rail while spectators remain seated in the bleachers.

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