Denver Colorado-1949: Three Men Riding in Open Red Car at Grandstand

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Three Men Riding in Open Red Car at Grandstand — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures three men riding in a small, open-top red car on a grassy field in Denver, Colorado. The vehicle, resembling a classic go-kart or modified cart, moves across the frame as spectators watch from a tiered grandstand in the background. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color shift, and soft focus of mid-century amateur film, with a man in a light-colored shirt driving and others seated behind. The scene evokes a sense of playful nostalgia and community recreation from the late 1940s.

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: 124751755

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 Denver home-movie requests needing community recreation, novelty vehicle, or small public-event cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The open grassy field, tiered grandstand, casual dress, and small open red car may show a late-1940s public recreation or exhibition setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged spectator-shot feel as the camera follows men riding a small open car past a grandstand.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three men, a red open-top vehicle, grass field, tiered seating, scattered spectators, and soft field boundaries.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, color shift, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing typical of mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for vintage recreation, local events, or playful transportation scenes.
Historical context: The scene suggests informal public entertainment or community recreation, with spectators watching a novelty vehicle cross an open field.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 Denver 8mm home movie, men riding small red car, grandstand spectators, vintage recreation, and old-time vehicle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Denver 1949 footage, then broader 1940s community recreation or novelty vehicle scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 Denver home-movie footage, men ride a small red open car on a grassy field before blurred grandstand spectators. — Men ride a small red open car across a field with spectators in the grandstand behind them.

The small red vehicle continues across the grassy Denver field as men ride aboard and spectators sit in the background. — The red open vehicle passes across the grass with grandstand seating visible behind it.

A side view shows the red cart-like car carrying men across the field in front of Denver grandstand spectators. — The cart-like red car is seen from the side as it moves past the seating area.

Men ride in the small red open car near the end of the 1949 Denver shot, with distant spectators and tiered seating behind them. — The small red car continues along the field with the grandstand receding in soft focus.

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