Denver Colorado USA-1941: Man Struggling To Control Rearing Horse On Sports Field

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

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Man Struggling To Control Rearing Horse On Sports Field — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO USA-1941: A man in a dark suit and hat struggles to control a white horse on a grassy sports field, likely during a rodeo or equestrian event. The horse rears and resists as the man attempts to dominate it, with empty stadium bleachers visible in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the footage exhibits grain, soft focus, and a vintage aesthetic, capturing a tense moment of human-animal interaction. A second rider on a dark horse observes from the side, and a white A-frame structure stands on the field. The scene conveys raw, unscripted action from a mid-20th century American sporting 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: 124601411

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 American sports or equestrian-event edits needing brief archival home-movie footage of a tense horse-handling moment in Denver.
Period detail: The empty stadium seating, open grass field, suits, hats, and 8mm framing may show a mid-century rodeo or equestrian setting consistent with the 1941 Denver metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes unscripted action from a distance as a handler works with a resisting horse while another mounted rider watches nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white horse, a man in dark clothing, a mounted rider, empty bleachers, field fencing, grass, and a white A-frame structure.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm contrast, visible grain, slight blur, and contact-print edge darkness that give the scene a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cutaway, or tension beat within stories about rodeos, horsemanship, sports fields, or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The footage shows a public-looking field event where animal handling is taking place before mostly empty stands, without identifying the event or participants.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depicted rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1941 Denver 8mm horse handling, vintage rodeo field footage, rearing horse home movie, or 1940s equestrian sports archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Denver 1941 field or event footage, then broader 1940s horse, rodeo, or sports-field material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1941 Denver footage, a man on a grass sports field stands near a white horse while a mounted rider waits at the edge of the frame. — A handler stands with a white horse on the field as empty stadium seating fills the background.

The white horse appears to resist or lower itself while a man in dark clothing handles it on a Denver sports field. — The handler stays close as the white horse drops or resists on the field.

The horse lies or rolls on the sports field as the handler stands near it, with stadium seating visible behind. — The horse is down on the grass while the handler remains beside it.

At the end of the clip, the handler stands near the white horse on the ground, with bleachers and field equipment in the background. — The handler stands near the horse after it has gone down on the field.

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