Denver Colorado USA-1941: Rodeo Action Involves Fast Paced Bronco Riding And Horseback Competition

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

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Rodeo Action Involves Fast Paced Bronco Riding And... — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: This vintage 8mm home movie captures a thrilling rodeo event, with riders on horseback competing in fast-paced bronco riding. The grainy black-and-white footage shows riders struggling to maintain control as horses buck and gallop across the arena. Spectators fill the stadium seats in the background, watching the action unfold. The handheld camera work adds to the raw, authentic feel of this historic 1940s western sports event, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American recreation and 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: 124601313

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 requests needing 1940s Denver rodeo or western sports footage as a brief documentary insert, cutaway, or period recreation reference.
Period detail: The arena seating, cowboy clothing, horseback competition, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a 1941 Denver rodeo identification from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot home-movie perspective, catching uneven bursts of action as riders and horses move across the arena.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include horseback riders, bucking or moving horses, arena dirt, stadium seating, spectators, railings, and a few figures standing near the field.
Film character: The 8mm film has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the rodeo action a raw home-movie record quality.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick action insert, western recreation cutaway, sports-history transition, or memory beat within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents public rodeo spectatorship and horseback competition as seen from the stands, without enough detail to identify individual contestants or the event name.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while separate copyright, venue, and event-rights questions should be assessed independently.
Research search match: Researchers may find this through searches for 1941 Denver rodeo footage, 1940s 8mm western sports, bronco riding home movie, or horseback arena competition.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Denver 1941 material, then broader 1940s rodeo, cowboy, horseback, or western recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1941 Denver rodeo footage shows mounted riders in an arena, with spectators and bleachers visible in the background. — Mounted contestants ride across the arena during the rodeo sequence.

A distant arena figure appears on the field during the 1941 Denver rodeo, with seated spectators beyond the barrier. — A figure crosses the open arena between rodeo action moments.

A fast-moving horse and rider blur across the Denver rodeo arena in grainy 8mm footage from 1941. — Motion blur emphasizes the speed of the horseback competition.

Several distant figures gather beside a horse in the 1941 Denver rodeo arena, with spectators seated behind them. — Contestants or handlers stand with a horse on the arena floor.

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