Denver Colorado USA-1941: Man Wearing Black Shirt Flips Tied Steer at Rodeo

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

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Man Wearing Black Shirt Flips Tied Steer at Rodeo — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A man in a dark shirt wrestles a tied steer on a dusty rodeo arena floor, with spectators visible in the bleachers behind. The black-and-white 8mm footage captures the struggle as the rider flips the animal, followed by a brief shot of a running dog near the arena fence. The grainy, handheld quality and film border suggest a home movie from the 1940s, offering authentic archival footage of a classic American rodeo event.

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: 124601373

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or educational edits needing authentic home-movie rodeo footage from Denver, Colorado.
Period detail: The bleachers, arena fence, cowboy clothing, and black-and-white 8mm look support an early 1940s rodeo setting, with the year and place supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The distant, handheld view feels like a spectator filming from the stands as the arena action unfolds without staging for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dusty rodeo arena, a dark-shirted man, a tied steer, arena fencing, bleachers, scattered spectators, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-frame edges give the clip the tactile texture of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief rodeo insert, period recreation cutaway, or transitional memory beat within a Western sport sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows rodeo entertainment as a public spectator event, with viewers seated behind the fence while animal-handling action occurs in the arena.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1941 Denver rodeo home movie, 1940s 8mm steer wrestling, vintage American rodeo arena, and spectator-filmed Western sport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1941 Denver material, then broader 1940s rodeo, livestock, and fairground recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Denver rodeo footage, a dark-shirted man bends over a tied steer on the arena floor while spectators watch from the bleachers. — A rodeo participant works over a tied steer on the dusty arena floor.

A dark-shirted man walks past a prone steer in the Denver rodeo arena, with seated spectators visible beyond the fence. — The steer lies on the arena floor as the participant walks nearby.

A rodeo participant crosses the Denver arena while the steer remains on the ground near a foreground post and spectators sit in the stands. — The participant moves away while the steer remains down in the arena.

The Denver rodeo scene holds on the prone steer in the arena as the participant exits toward the right edge of the frame. — The arena view lingers on the steer after the wrestling action.

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