Denver Colorado-1949: Person Rides Horse in Front of Audience at Fair

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

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Person Rides Horse in Front of Audience at Fair — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO-1949: A person rides a horse across a dirt arena in front of a gathered audience, captured on vintage 8mm film. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows the rider in light-colored clothing, moving across the open space under bright daylight. Spectators stand behind wooden railings, watching the performance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics, including color shifts and surface imperfections, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American fair or rodeo scene.

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: 124751939

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial or documentary requests needing Denver fair, rodeo, or public arena home-movie footage with a mounted rider before spectators.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century fair or rodeo arena, with wooden railings, open dirt ground, light rider clothing, and spectators gathered in bright daylight.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the spectator viewpoint, watching a brief horse performance from a distance rather than a staged or professionally framed event shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a horse and rider, dirt arena, audience behind railings, fairground fencing, bright daylight, and soft home-movie framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan has faded color, visible grain, gate edges, slight blur, and surface specks that give the short clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century fairs, amateur rodeo scenes, public recreation, or Denver community life.
Historical context: The footage documents a public outdoor gathering where spectators watch a mounted rider in an arena, suggesting everyday entertainment rather than a clearly identified official event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from visual permissions.
Research search match: Searches such as 1949 Denver fair horse rider, vintage 8mm rodeo audience, Colorado home movie arena, and mid-century horse show footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Denver or 1949 footage, then broader fairground, rodeo, horse show, and public recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 Denver footage, a horse and rider cross a distant dirt arena while a crowd watches from behind fencing. — Horse and rider pass across the arena in front of spectators.

The rider continues across the Denver arena, seen through soft, faded 8mm color with spectators in the background. — Rider continues along the arena with the audience beyond the rail.

A distant horse and rider move across the arena floor, with a low spectator barrier and fairground crowd beyond. — Mounted rider crosses the foreground area of the dirt arena.

A small crowd stands beside fairground railings and steps in the Denver arena area, with figures visible in soft 8mm focus. — Spectators gather near the railings at the arena edge.

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