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

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

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Cowboy Riding Bucking Horse at Rodeo — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A cowboy in a light-colored shirt and dark pants struggles to maintain his seat on a powerful bucking horse during a rodeo event. The black-and-white 8mm footage captures the intense action in an outdoor arena with spectators visible in the bleachers. The horse bucks and twists, its legs kicking high as the rider clings on, showcasing the raw athleticism and danger of the sport. The grainy, vintage quality of the Super 8 film adds to the authentic, nostalgic feel of this historic American pastime.

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: 124601302

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 real 8mm rodeo action from Denver, Colorado, with a cowboy trying to stay mounted on a bucking horse.
Period detail: The bleacher seating, open rodeo arena, western riding clothes, and black-and-white 8mm look support a 1941 Denver rodeo setting as supplied by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a spectator-shot viewpoint, following the moving horse and rider from the stands rather than presenting a staged or broadcast angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cowboy rider, bucking horse, arena rail, dirt field, seated spectators, bleachers, and a second horse partly entering the lower frames.
Film character: The clip shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, rounded frame edges, and slight handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, action cutaway, or period transition for rodeo, western sport, Colorado recreation, or American leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents public rodeo spectatorship and horseback competition in an outdoor arena, with the rider and animal as the central visible action.
Research note: People are visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depicted-person clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1941 Denver rodeo 8mm, bucking horse cowboy home movie, 1940s Colorado arena spectators, and vintage American rodeo footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Denver or 1941 Colorado clips, then broader 1940s rodeo, western sport, and equine competition footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1941 Denver rodeo footage shows a cowboy in a light shirt on a bucking horse, viewed from the stands with arena rail and bleachers behind. — Cowboy attempts to stay mounted as the horse bucks across the arena.

In the Denver arena, the horse bucks forward with the cowboy still mounted, while distant spectators sit along the rail and bleachers. — The rider leans into the motion as the horse kicks and twists.

The rodeo horse lifts into a high buck with the cowboy still seated, while a second horse and distant spectators appear near the frame edges. — A high buck places the rider off balance in front of the bleachers.

The final frame shows the rider still on the bucking horse in the Denver rodeo arena, with another horse partly blocking the lower left foreground. — The bucking horse carries the rider past another horse at the edge of the arena view.

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