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 red shirt and dark pants struggles to stay mounted on a bucking bull in a rodeo arena. The 8mm film captures the chaotic motion as the bull rears and spins, with the rider clinging on. The scene unfolds on a dirt arena floor, with a blurred background of stadium seating and a yellow track line. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, conveying the raw energy and danger 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: 124751925

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 documentary or educational edits needing brief home-movie rodeo action from Denver, Colorado.
Period detail: The arena setting, open seating, and 8mm color stock support a late-1940s public rodeo scene, with the 1949 Denver date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot feel, following the unpredictable bull ride from a distance rather than staging a formal sports view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bucking bull, mounted rider, arena dirt, track markings, distant seating, a few arena figures, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, color fading, grain, gate weave, and motion blur give the short rodeo moment the texture of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a fast insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century rodeo, Western sport, or public entertainment sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows rodeo as a public arena spectacle, with a rider attempting to stay mounted while spectators and arena staff remain in the background.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from subject clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 Denver rodeo footage, vintage 8mm bull riding, mid-century rodeo arena, and home-movie Western sport scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1949 Denver material, then broader rodeo, livestock, arena, or Western recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 Denver rodeo footage, a rider in a red shirt sits on a bull across the arena floor. — The rider is still mounted as the bull moves across the dirt arena.

The bull kicks and turns in the Denver rodeo arena as the rider struggles to stay mounted. — The bull bucks sharply while the rider loses balance.

The bull stands apart from a fallen or dismounted rider in the 1949 Denver rodeo arena. — After the bucking motion, the rider appears separated from the bull.

The bull moves across the rodeo arena while distant people stand near the lower edge of the frame. — The bull continues across the arena as people remain nearby.

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