Denver Colorado-1949: People Having Fun Stunt Driving With An Automobile On Two Wheels

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

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People Having Fun Stunt Driving With An Automobile On... — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO-1949: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a daring stunt driving sequence at a local fair or racetrack. A small, open-wheeled automobile, possibly a custom-built or modified vehicle, performs high-risk maneuvers on a grassy field. The car, with its bright orange body, tips dramatically onto two wheels, showcasing the driver's skill and the vehicle's instability. Spectators watch from bleachers in the background, adding to the atmosphere of a community event. The footage, shot on 8mm film, displays characteristic grain, color fading, and edge damage, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American recreational stunts and amateur motorsports.

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: 124751741

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 1940s American home-movie requests needing brief stunt-driving, fairground, or amateur motorsports action in Denver, Colorado.
Period detail: The open-wheeled car, grassy performance area, bleachers, and soft color 8mm look may show a mid-century local stunt show or racetrack event.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the value of a spectator-shot home movie, watching a risky car trick unfold from a fixed distance among other onlookers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orange stunt car, two-wheel driving, grass field, track edge, bleachers, spectators, fence posts, and heavy film borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, faded color, gate edges, dust specks, and slight exposure unevenness.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a fast insert, action cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century recreation, auto stunts, or community spectacle.
Historical context: The scene suggests public entertainment around car-control stunts, with spectators seated in bleachers as the vehicle tips and recovers on the field.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright status should be considered separately from possible likeness concerns; no logos are readable in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 Denver 8mm stunt driving, vintage auto stunt show, two-wheel car trick, home movie racetrack crowd, and 1940s fairground motorsports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Denver 1949 material, then broader 1940s stunt driving, fairs, racetracks, and recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Denver home-movie frame of an orange open-wheeled stunt car tipping onto two wheels before distant spectators. — An orange stunt car rides up onto two wheels as spectators watch from the bleachers.

1949 Denver frame showing the orange stunt car at a steep angle during a two-wheel driving maneuver on grass. — The car leans sharply during the stunt, with the bleachers still visible behind it.

1949 Denver home-movie frame of the stunt car reaching a near-vertical angle while performing for a seated crowd. — The vehicle rises higher on its side during the stunt-driving sequence.

1949 Denver frame showing the orange stunt car leveling out after a two-wheel maneuver in front of bleachers. — The car settles lower after the two-wheel trick as the audience remains in the background.

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