Ringling Brothers Sarasota Florida-1948: Women Ride Horses In Circus Show On A

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationRingling Brothers Sarasota, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 Ringling Brothers Sarasota Florida

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Women Ride Horses In Circus Show On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage footage captures a circus performance at the Ringling Brothers show in Sarasota, Florida. Women in period attire ride horses in the ring, their movements framed by the circus tent's canvas and support poles. The grainy black-and-white image, with visible film scratches and flicker, conveys the authentic feel of a mid-century home movie. The camera remains mostly static, observing the riders as they perform under the bright tent lights, offering a nostalgic glimpse into classic American entertainment.

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: 124604343

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: 1948 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: Ringling Brothers Sarasota, Florida, 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: Supports archival requests for 1940s American circus entertainment, especially documentary inserts showing women riders and horses inside a tented arena.
Period detail: The riders' costumes, circular ring, canvas tent supports and home-movie framing may show mid-century circus presentation in Sarasota as described by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a visitor-shot view from the audience area, with the camera watching the act rather than staging close views or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women on horses, a circus ring, tent poles, canvas roof lines, audience seating, foreground obstructions and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has heavy 8mm grain, flicker, soft focus, scratches and uneven exposure that read as physical-film texture from an original home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief circus-performance cutaway, a memory beat for mid-century leisure, or a transition into archival material about touring entertainment.
Historical context: The footage shows spectators and performers sharing a tented circus space, offering visual context for public entertainment and equestrian acts in the late 1940s.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and context review may be needed; copyright status and any venue or performer permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1948 Sarasota circus home movie, Ringling Brothers horse riders, women equestrian act, 8mm circus audience and vintage big top footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Sarasota or 1948 Ringling footage, then broader 1940s circus, horse performance and American leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A woman appears to ride a horse inside the Ringling Brothers circus tent in Sarasota, Florida, in 1948 footage. — A woman rider passes through the circus ring as tent poles and rigging frame the view.

A horse and rider move through the Sarasota circus ring, seen in soft 8mm focus with tent supports behind them. — Horse and rider pass across the ring in a blurred mid-performance moment.

The camera catches an obstructed audience-side view of the circus tent structure and ring during the 1948 Sarasota show. — Tent poles and rigging dominate an obscured view toward the circus ring.

A wide 1948 Sarasota circus view shows a seated audience behind horses and riders moving through the ring. — Spectators fill the background while horses and riders pass along the circus ring.

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