Denver Colorado USA-1941: Man Riding Bucking Horse At Rodeo With Spectators

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

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Man Riding Bucking Horse At Rodeo With Spectators — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants rides a bucking horse during a rodeo event in Denver, Colorado, in 1941. Shot on 8mm film, the grainy black-and-white footage captures the rider struggling to maintain his seat as the horse rears and kicks. Spectators fill the bleachers in the background, watching the action unfold in the arena. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality with natural film grain and slight motion blur, typical of amateur 1940s recordings.

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: 124601295

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 editorial or documentary requests needing amateur rodeo footage from Denver with a rider on a bucking horse before a spectator crowd.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm frames may show early-1940s rodeo dress, open arena fencing, and bleacher spectators consistent with the supplied 1941 Denver metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the spectator-like camera position, following a brief unstable rodeo action moment from the stands rather than a staged performance setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bucking horse, male rider, open rodeo arena, low barrier, bleacher seating, scattered spectators, and soft background motion.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm physical-film texture with pronounced grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge darkening, and motion blur during the horse's movement.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quick insert, rodeo cutaway, period sports transition, or memory beat within a sequence on Western events or public entertainments.
Historical context: The footage shows rodeo as a public spectator event, with the rider and horse isolated in the arena while the crowd watches from tiered seating.
Research note: People are visible but not individually identifiable in these frames; copyright, likeness, venue, and event permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1941 Denver rodeo home movie, 1940s bucking horse footage, 8mm cowboy arena scene, and vintage spectator rodeo film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1941 Denver material, then broader 1940s rodeo, cowboy, horse, and arena crowd footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the supplied 1941 Denver rodeo footage, a rider leans forward on a bucking horse as spectators watch from bleachers. — A rider holds on as the horse bucks in front of the rodeo crowd.

A bucking horse lifts sharply in the arena while the rider stays low, with Denver rodeo spectators visible behind the barrier. — The horse rises as the rider stays low in the saddle.

The rider appears off balance as the bucking horse kicks near the rodeo barrier in the supplied 1941 Denver home-movie frame. — The rider leans forward as the horse bucks near the barrier.

A rider continues holding on during the Denver rodeo sequence, with the bucking horse framed against bleachers and arena fencing. — The bucking horse carries the rider across the arena in front of the stands.

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