Denver Colorado-1949: Horse Race and Car on Dirt Track

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationDenver, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Horse Race and Car on Dirt Track — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a horse race at a dirt track in Denver, Colorado. Riders in period attire guide their horses along the track, with spectators visible in the background. The footage transitions to a red vintage car carrying passengers, moving across the track. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and scratches, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 124751695

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 1305 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: trail ridge
Reel-level year note: 1950-1949
Reel-level location note: iowa,kansas city,truman home,colorado,central city,
Date: 1949 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 requests needing 1940s Denver home-movie footage of horse racing, dirt-track activity, and informal spectator views for documentary or museum edits.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1940s racing attire, a dirt oval, simple rail fencing, and an open red utility-style vehicle consistent with the supplied 1949 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged spectator viewpoint, watching riders and a track vehicle from a distance rather than presenting a planned newsreel angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mounted riders, a dirt track, rail fencing, blurred spectators, a red open vehicle, seated passengers, and heavy frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, color shift, visible grain, scratches, gate weave, and exposure fluctuation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century recreation, local sport, or public outing sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests a public racing or track event in Denver, with spectators and riders visible, but the frames do not identify a specific venue or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while no readable brands, logos, or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Search matches include 1949 Denver 8mm horse race, 1940s Colorado dirt track, vintage home movie riders, and red track vehicle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Denver or 1949 Colorado material, then broader horse racing, fairground, or dirt-track home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A rider on horseback moves along a Denver dirt track in 1949 home-movie footage, seen through soft focus and film wear. — Rider passes along the dirt track as a spectator stands near the rail.

Two riders appear on a dirt track in Denver, Colorado, with fencing and distant spectators visible in the soft 8mm frame. — Riders move around the track with rail fencing and spectators beyond them.

A red open vehicle with seated passengers crosses the track area in the 1949 Denver home-movie sequence. — A red track vehicle carries passengers past blurred spectators.

The red open vehicle continues across the Denver dirt track, with passengers seated inside and spectators blurred in the background. — Passengers ride in a red open vehicle along the track area.

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