Denver Colorado-1949: Man Rides Bucking Bull In Rodeo Arena

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

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Man Rides Bucking Bull In Rodeo Arena — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO-1949: A man in a pink shirt and white hat struggles to stay mounted on a bucking bull in a rodeo arena. The 8mm home movie captures the chaotic action from a distance, with a red vintage car and a small crowd visible in the background. The footage shows the rider being thrown as the bull bucks violently, with the grainy, color-bleached quality of a 1940s home movie. The scene is set in a dusty outdoor ring, evoking classic Americana and the raw excitement of mid-century rodeo culture.

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: 124751849

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 Western Americana, Denver rodeo, and home-movie requests needing brief editorial footage of bull riding in an outdoor arena.
Period detail: The small rodeo ring, distant spectators, pale cowboy hat, pink shirt, and red mid-century car may show late-1940s public rodeo surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has a visitor-shot perspective, holding the action from a distance as the rider struggles and the bull moves across the dusty arena.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bucking bull, mounted rider, dusty arena ground, railings, a small crowd, a red car, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries soft focus, color fading, visible grain, gate edges, and exposure shifts that give the short rodeo moment physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick action insert, rodeo cutaway, Americana transition, or memory beat within a sequence on sport, fairs, or Western leisure.
Historical context: The clip documents a public rodeo scene as seen by an amateur camera, with spectators and arena details framing the risk and spectacle of bull riding.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while copyright, venue, and event rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1949 Denver rodeo home movie, 8mm bull riding footage, vintage rodeo arena, and 1940s Colorado Western event.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Denver or 1949 Colorado material, then broader rodeo, fairground, cowboy, or mid-century Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 Denver rodeo footage, a distant rider in a light hat and pink shirt tries to stay on a bucking bull near arena railings. — A bull rider begins to lose balance in the outdoor rodeo ring.

The bull carries the rider across the dusty Denver rodeo arena, with railings and background figures visible in soft 8mm color. — The rider remains mounted as the bull bucks across the ring.

A distant 1949 Denver rodeo frame shows the rider leaning hard while the bull bucks, with faded color and dark 8mm edges. — The bull pitches forward as the rider struggles to hold on.

The rider appears thrown upward from the bull in the Denver rodeo arena, captured in a blurred, color-faded 8mm home-movie frame. — The rider is thrown as the bull bucks violently in the arena.

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