Denver Colorado USA-1941: Man Wrestling Steer with Rope at Rodeo

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

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Man Wrestling Steer with Rope at Rodeo — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A man in a dark shirt and trousers wrestles a steer on a dirt arena floor during a rodeo event. The black-and-white 8mm film captures the struggle in grainy detail, with a saddled horse standing nearby and empty bleachers in the background. Spectators are visible in the stands, observing the action. The footage, shot from a fixed position, shows the man securing the steer with a rope, highlighting the raw, unedited nature of this vintage home movie.

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: 124601356

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 rodeo, livestock handling, and Denver-area Americana sequences needing brief archival home-movie coverage of arena action.
Period detail: The bleacher seating, dirt arena, rope handling, dark work clothing, and black-and-white 8mm texture support a 1941 rodeo setting in Denver as supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The fixed spectator viewpoint captures an unstaged rodeo moment as a man works over a downed steer while a saddled horse waits nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dirt arena, downed steer, man in dark clothing, standing horse, rope, rail fence, sparse bleachers, and a few spectators.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm monochrome grain, mild blur, contact-sheet framing, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for rodeo practice, Western sport, livestock handling, or midcentury leisure scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows rodeo activity as a public arena spectacle, with spectators in the stands and the action observed from a distance rather than staged for the camera.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate from subject rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1941 Denver rodeo 8mm footage, vintage steer wrestling film, 1940s Colorado arena home movie, and cowboy livestock handling.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1941 Denver or Colorado material, then broader rodeo, livestock, and Western sports footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1941 Denver rodeo footage, a man in dark clothing bends near a downed steer as a saddled horse stands nearby. — A rodeo participant works close to a steer on the arena floor while a horse waits to the side.

The steer remains down on the dirt rodeo arena, with a saddled horse nearby and sparse bleacher seating in the background. — The downed steer and waiting horse are framed against the rodeo arena rail and mostly empty stands.

A man in dark clothing appears to secure or control a downed steer on the dirt arena while a horse stands to the right. — The rodeo participant is positioned over the steer as the horse waits in the arena.

At the end of the clip, the man stays over the downed steer in the arena as the horse moves partly out of frame. — The sequence closes with the steer on the ground and the horse partly cropped at the right edge.

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