Denver Colorado USA-1941: Man Mounted On Horse Trying To Catch A Small Ox In A

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Man Mounted On Horse Trying To Catch A Small Ox In A — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A man on horseback chases a small ox across a racetrack in this grainy, black-and-white 8mm home movie. The rider, wearing a dark shirt and hat, gallops alongside the running animal, which appears to be a young bull or steer. The scene unfolds in a large outdoor arena with tiered bleachers visible in the background, suggesting a rodeo or fairground event. The footage captures the motion and energy of the chase with natural film grain and slight blur, characteristic of vintage Super 8 home movie footage from the early 1940s.

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: 124601385

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s American rodeo, fairground, or arena inserts needing real 8mm footage of a mounted rider pursuing livestock.
Period detail: The open racetrack, tiered bleachers, cowboy hat, and mounted rider may show a Denver-area rodeo or fairground event in 1941.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a spectator-shot home movie, following the chase from a fixed vantage as the rider and small steer pass across the arena.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rider on horseback, a small running steer or young bull, racetrack railings, tiered bleachers, arena dirt, and distant spectators.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan shows heavy grain, soft focus, motion blur, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, rodeo cutaway, regional memory beat, or transition within a sequence about western recreation.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests public entertainment around horsemanship and livestock handling without identifying a specific venue or named event.
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: Search phrases include 1941 Denver rodeo footage, 8mm cowboy on horseback, small steer chase in arena, and vintage fairground racetrack home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then Denver or 1941 material, then broader rodeo, fairground, horseback, and livestock scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Denver footage, a mounted rider pursues a small steer along a racetrack or arena, with railings and bleachers in the background. — A horseback rider closes in on a small steer in front of arena seating.

A small steer runs leftward as a rider on horseback follows across the Denver arena track in grainy black-and-white 8mm footage. — The steer keeps ahead of the galloping horse along the arena track.

The mounted rider continues the chase across the outdoor arena, following the small steer past railings and distant seating. — The rider keeps pace behind the small steer in the arena.

Near the end of the clip, the rider and horse remain close to the small steer as the arena rail and bleachers blur in the background. — The chase continues near the edge of the frame as the rider stays close to the steer.

Visually Similar Clips