Denver Colorado-1949: Brave Man Rides Energetic Bull Trying To Buck Him Off

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

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Brave Man Rides Energetic Bull Trying To Buck Him Off — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO-1949: A man in a cowboy hat and dark clothing rides a powerful, bucking bull in a grassy outdoor arena. The 8mm film captures the intense action as the bull twists and leaps, attempting to throw the rider. A person in a light-colored shirt stands nearby, observing. The footage shows natural film grain, slight motion blur, and a vintage color palette with faded purples and greens, characteristic of home movie footage 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: 124751921

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 late-1940s Denver rodeo or western sports home-movie material for documentary, museum, education, or period montage use.
Period detail: The cowboy hat, open arena setting, and faded 8mm color may show a postwar rodeo scene consistent with the supplied 1949 Denver metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the feel of a spectator recording an exciting public ride from a distance rather than a staged performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bucking bull, a rider in a cowboy hat, a nearby person in a light shirt, grass or arena ground, fence lines, and handheld framing.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, mild blur, and faded purple-green color give the short 8mm clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, rodeo cutaway, western-sports transition, or memory beat in a 1940s Colorado sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows public rodeo-style entertainment with a mounted rider and nearby observer, but the specific event or venue is not identifiable from the frames.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status must be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Denver rodeo 8mm, vintage bull riding home movie, Colorado cowboy arena footage, and postwar western sports film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1949 Denver or Colorado footage, then with broader rodeo, cowboy, and outdoor arena material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Denver 8mm frame showing a bull bucking as a rider leans forward in an open arena. — A rider stays mounted as the bull bucks across the arena.

1949 Denver rodeo footage frame with a bull rider in motion and a light-shirted observer near the lower edge. — The bull moves forward while the rider holds on and an observer stands nearby.

1949 Denver 8mm frame capturing the bull pitching downward as the rider is thrown upward in the arena. — The bull bucks hard, lifting the rider above the saddle line.

1949 Denver rodeo frame showing the bull twisting low while the rider stays mounted in soft, grainy 8mm color. — The bull twists low to the ground as the rider continues the ride.

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