Denver Colorado-1949: Cowboy On Bucking Bull In Rodeo Competition Others In

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

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Cowboy On Bucking Bull In Rodeo Competition Others In — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO-1949: A cowboy in a red shirt struggles to stay mounted on a powerful bucking bull during a rodeo competition. The 8mm film captures the chaotic action in a dusty arena, with spectators watching from behind wooden railings and rodeo clowns or assistants moving in to help. The footage shows the bull's violent movements and the rider's efforts to maintain balance, all rendered in the grainy, color-bleached quality of vintage home movie film 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: 124751913

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: 1949 Denver rodeo footage for productions needing a brief home-movie view of bull riding, arena activity, and mid-century American recreation.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1940s rodeo dress and arena handling, with a cowboy rider, assistants, horseback figures, and simple rail barriers visible.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the spectator-like home-movie viewpoint, holding on the bucking bull as people move nearby and the action unfolds without staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bucking bull, mounted rider, arena dirt, assistants on foot, horseback riders, rail fencing, and distant spectators or handlers.
Film character: The 8mm color scan has soft focus, grain, faded color, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that mark it as original home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, action cutaway, or memory beat within sequences about rodeo, Western recreation, Denver, or mid-century leisure.
Historical context: The footage places rodeo competition within a public arena setting, showing both the rider's risk and the nearby support role of arena assistants.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright and publicity rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1949 Denver rodeo home movie, 8mm bull riding footage, vintage cowboy bucking bull, and late 1940s rodeo arena.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Denver 1949 footage, then broader 1940s rodeo, cowboy, arena, or Western recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Denver rodeo frame showing a cowboy on a bucking bull, with arena assistants and horseback figures nearby. — A rider struggles to stay on a bucking bull while arena helpers and horses remain close to the action.

1949 Denver rodeo frame with the bull mid-buck, the rider tilted backward, and an arena assistant walking nearby. — The bull rises and twists with the rider still mounted as an assistant crosses the arena.

1949 Denver rodeo frame showing the bull turning low in the arena, with a nearby assistant and distant rail fencing. — The bull drops low and turns as a nearby arena worker watches the rider's struggle.

1949 Denver rodeo frame of a bull bucking with the rider aboard and a white-shirted arena helper positioned nearby. — A white-shirted helper approaches as the bull continues bucking with the rider aboard.

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