Denver Colorado-1949: Rodeo Bull Wrestles Man to the Ground

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

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Rodeo Bull Wrestles Man to the Ground — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic rodeo moment in Denver, Colorado. A bull charges and tackles a rider, throwing him to the ground in a dusty arena. The grainy, purple-tinted footage shows the struggle from a distance, with empty bleachers in the background. The raw, unfiltered action reflects classic mid-century Americana and the thrill of rodeo culture. This archival clip offers authentic, nostalgic footage for documentaries, historical projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 124751777

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 rodeo or mid-century Americana edits needing brief, real home-movie coverage of a bull wrestling or throwing a man in an arena.
Period detail: The distant stadium seating, open dirt arena, and 8mm color home-movie look support the supplied 1949 Denver rodeo context without showing a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from the stands at a distance, preserving an unstaged spectator view of the rodeo action as the animal and handler move across the arena.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bull or steer, adult rodeo participants, a dirt arena, low railings, empty bleachers, vertical fence posts, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, heavy grain, purple-blue dye shift, flicker, gate edges, and distant focus that read as authentic physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short rodeo action insert, a mid-century sports cutaway, or a memory beat for Western recreation and spectator culture.
Historical context: The footage shows rodeo activity as a public arena spectacle, with adult participants handling a large animal before mostly empty seating in the background.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable in detail; review likeness, event, and copyright status separately, with no visible logos or private property in these frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1949 Denver rodeo footage, 8mm bull wrestling home movie, vintage arena rodeo action, and mid-century Colorado Americana.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel rodeo material, then other 1949 Denver or Colorado clips, then broader vintage rodeo, Western sports, or animal-handling footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1949 Denver rodeo footage, adult participants appear near a bull or steer in a dirt arena with empty bleachers behind them. — Rodeo participants gather around the animal in the arena.

In the Denver rodeo scene, a distant adult participant appears to grapple with or be pulled by a bull or steer on the dirt surface. — A participant struggles with the animal near the arena rail.

The 1949 rodeo action shows a participant down near the animal on the dirt, filmed from the stands through soft, color-shifted 8mm footage. — The struggle drops toward the ground beside the animal.

A distant 8mm frame shows the animal and participant low on the dirt in the supplied Denver rodeo sequence, with empty bleachers in back. — The animal and participant end up low on the arena floor.

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