Colorado Springs Colorado-1973: Uniformed Brass Band Marching Past a Covered Grandstand

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

public performance
ensemble coordination
rodeo entertainment
community gatherings
uniformed musicians
spectatorship
regional recreation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Side-on spectator viewpoint across the arena
Setting: outdoor · Rodeo arena bordered by railings and a covered spectator grandstand
Time and weather: daytime · summer · sunny
Lighting: Direct sunlight on the performers with deep shade beneath the grandstand
People: 100 · Approximately 100 visible people including several dozen uniformed musicians and numerous partially obscured spectators; individual ages and facial features are unclear.
Landmarks: Penrose Stadium grandstand
Objects: red hats · yellow vests · white shirts · white trousers · brass instruments · trombones · white sousaphones · bass drum · snare drums · metal railings · flagpoles · flags
Readable signs: W
Colors: white · yellow · red · dark green · purple-blue · gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Rows of uniformed musicians march before the covered grandstand.
A red bass drum bearing a white W enters clearly at the right.
The bass drum and surrounding percussion players pass through the foreground.
White sousaphone bells rise above the formation as the shot ends.

Uniformed Brass Band Marching Past a Covered Grandstand — Clip Details

Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1973 home movie footage shows a uniformed marching band crossing the Penrose Stadium rodeo arena before a shaded grandstand. The musicians wear red hats, yellow vests and white trousers while carrying brass instruments and drums. Red bass drum heads display a large white W, and white sousaphone bells appear toward the end. A continuous handheld view follows the formation with a slight rightward pan.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004176

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Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1973 Colorado Springs arena view supports documentaries and museum productions seeking marching musicians within a rodeo event.
Period detail: Matching red hats, yellow vests, white trousers and large marching drums provide visible costume and performance detail for the documented 1973 setting.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator follows the passing formation with small handheld corrections, preserving the experience of watching from the arena sidelines.
What appears in frame: The view includes red hats, yellow vests, reflective brass instruments, a W-marked bass drum, white sousaphones, railings and shaded spectators.
Film character: Soft grain, a cool purple cast, bright uniform highlights and deep grandstand shadows characterize the projected small-gauge color-film transfer.
Edit role: Use this as a performance insert between wider arena views or as a musical procession cutaway within a rodeo sequence.
Historical context: The documented 1973 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo setting places this organized band procession alongside the arena entertainment recorded elsewhere in the section.
Research note: People, stadium structures and a W drum emblem are visible; ages and band identity remain indeterminate, and film copyright does not establish likeness, emblem or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 Colorado Springs rodeo entertainment, Penrose Stadium marching musicians and silent small-gauge brass band footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's rodeo display, baton performers and mounted flags, then other 1973 Colorado Springs arena scenes and comparable marching ensembles.

Still Frames From This Clip

A marching brass formation passes shaded spectators at Penrose Stadium in Colorado Springs during the 1973 rodeo sequence. — Uniformed brass players pass the covered grandstand.
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A W-marked red bass drum enters beside brass players at Penrose Stadium, Colorado Springs, in 1973. — A marked bass drum comes into view beside the brass players.
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Percussion and brass players cross the Penrose Stadium arena in Colorado Springs in 1973, with a W-marked bass drum prominent. — The percussion section passes beneath the grandstand roofline.
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White sousaphone bells and a red W bass drum stand out in the marching formation at Colorado Springs' Penrose Stadium in 1973. — Sousaphone bells rise above the passing formation.
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