Denver Colorado USA-1941: Man On Horseback Chases And Ties Runaway Calf At Rodeo

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

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Man On Horseback Chases And Ties Runaway Calf At Rodeo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1941, this vintage home movie captures a man on horseback chasing a runaway calf at a rodeo in Denver, Colorado. The grainy, color-tinted footage shows the rider pursuing the calf across a dusty arena, with spectators visible in the background bleachers. The man successfully tackles and ties the calf to the ground, a classic rodeo event. The footage exhibits the characteristic purple and blue color shifts and film grain of early 8mm home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American rural life and competitive livestock handling.

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: 124601489

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 documentary or educational edits needing rodeo arena action, calf roping, horseback handling, or American fairground sport in home-movie form.
Period detail: The bleacher crowd, open dirt arena, mounted rider, calf, and rope-work may show mid-century rodeo practice consistent with the supplied 1941 Denver metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a spectator viewpoint, holding the action at a distance as the rider pursues, dismounts, and ties the calf in an unstaged arena moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a horseback rider, loose calf, roping contestant, dusty arena floor, bleachers with spectators, arena rail, and strong film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, heavy grain, handheld framing, blue-purple color shift, exposure variation, and visible contact-sheet borders that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for rodeo competition, livestock handling, Western recreation, or mid-century spectatorship.
Historical context: The clip shows public rodeo activity with spectators watching a calf-roping sequence, offering visual context for recreational livestock sport without identifying individuals.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright status should be assessed separately from depicted rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Denver rodeo home movie, 8mm calf roping footage, man on horseback ties calf, vintage rodeo arena, and mid-century livestock sport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then with other 1941 Denver or Colorado scenes, and then with rodeo, horseback, fairground, livestock, or rural recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the supplied 1941 Denver rodeo footage, a mounted rider appears to pursue a calf across the arena as spectators watch from bleachers. — Mounted rider and calf move across the rodeo arena.

A rodeo contestant appears to run after the calf in the Denver arena, with the horse and bleacher crowd visible behind the action. — Contestant runs toward the calf during the roping sequence.

The contestant bends near the calf on the dirt arena floor while the horse stands to the side and spectators sit in the bleachers. — Contestant works near the calf as the horse waits nearby.

The roping contestant kneels beside the calf in the supplied Denver rodeo footage, with the horse nearby and spectators blurred in the background. — Contestant kneels beside the calf near the end of the sequence.

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