Denver Colorado-1949: Cowboy Wrestles Bull In Rodeo With Man On Horseback And Spectators

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

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Cowboy Wrestles Bull In Rodeo With Man On Horseback And... — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO-1949: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a dramatic rodeo scene at a packed outdoor arena. A cowboy in a light-colored shirt and dark pants wrestles a dark bull on the dirt ground while a rider on horseback watches nearby. Spectators fill the bleachers in the background, observing the action under daylight. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic color shift of 1940s home movie film, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic 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: 124751824

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 Colorado rodeo or Western recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or period montage use.
Period detail: The outdoor arena, dirt ring, bleachers, cowboy clothing, mounted rider, and bull wrestling may show mid-century rodeo culture in Denver.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a spectator-shot home movie, holding on the arena action rather than staging the riders or crowd.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bull, a cowboy on the ground, a mounted rider, dirt arena, boundary posts, bleachers, scattered spectators, and heavy film gate edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, color fading, exposure fluctuation, and handheld framing give the 8mm scan a clear home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, Western recreation cutaway, transition into rodeo history, or memory beat within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows rodeo as public outdoor entertainment, with spectators watching animal handling and mounted support inside a formal arena.
Research note: People and faces are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and event permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1949 Denver rodeo home movie, 1940s cowboy bull wrestling footage, vintage 8mm rodeo arena, or Colorado Western sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Denver or 1949 Colorado scenes, then broader rodeo, cowboy, arena, and Western recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Denver rodeo scene with a cowboy wrestling a dark bull on the dirt while a rider on horseback watches near the bleachers. — A cowboy struggles with a bull on the arena floor while a mounted rider stays nearby.

A rider on horseback remains near a dark bull in a Denver rodeo arena, with the bleacher crowd visible in soft 8mm color. — The rider keeps position near the bull as the crowd watches from the stands.

In the 1949 Denver rodeo footage, a cowboy, horse, and dark bull cluster together in the arena with spectators behind them. — The cowboy, horse, and bull come together in a blurred moment of rodeo action.

A dark bull bends low in the Denver rodeo arena, framed by boundary posts and a distant bleacher crowd in faded 8mm color. — The bull lowers its head in the arena while spectators remain visible across the stands.

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