Colorado Springs Colorado-1973: Western Musicians Performing on a Small Arena Platform

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

western entertainment
public performance
rodeo culture
regional leisure
spectatorship
summer gatherings

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye-level view from across the arena
Setting: outdoor · Rodeo arena with a small performance platform, metal railings and a covered spectator grandstand
Time and weather: daytime · summer · clear
Lighting: Direct sunlight on the performers and roof, with deep shade beneath the grandstand
People: 100 · Four foreground performers and a large seated crowd, approximately 100 visible people in total; three performers wear white cowboy hats and green shirts, and one wears a mustard-colored outfit.
Landmarks: Penrose Stadium
Objects: black accordion · wind instruments · microphone stands · white cowboy hats · low platform · metal railings · covered grandstand · American flags · dark equipment cases · painted platform fascia
Colors: green · mustard yellow · white · brown · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Four musicians stand on a low platform in front of the covered grandstand.
Wind instruments and the rightmost performer's black accordion remain visible.
The wide view holds as the performers make small posture changes.

Western Musicians Performing on a Small Arena Platform — Clip Details

Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1973 home movie footage shows four musicians standing on a low platform inside Penrose Stadium. Three wear light green shirts and white cowboy hats, while the central performer wears a mustard-colored outfit; wind instruments and a black accordion are visible. The distant camera holds the group in a wide view with slight handheld drift, backed by arena railings, a crowded covered grandstand and American flags.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004181

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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: No
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 shot supports documentary requests for western musical entertainment and audiences at a rodeo.
Period detail: Matching green shirts, white cowboy hats, mustard-colored clothing and a black accordion supply visible period detail within the documented 1973 event.
Home-movie behavior: The distant handheld framing records a visitor's attention to a public performance while keeping the surrounding audience in view.
What appears in frame: Four performers share a low platform with wind instruments, an accordion and microphone stands, backed by railings, a covered crowd and American flags.
Film character: Grain, soft projected detail, slight handheld drift and the contrast between sunlit performers and shaded seating give the shot its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use the brief continuous view as an entertainment insert between rodeo action and audience coverage.
Historical context: The group presents western dress and musical entertainment within the documented 1973 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo arena sequence.
Research note: Footage copyright is separate from performer likeness, performance and venue rights; faces are indistinct, and no release status is established by these frames.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for 1973 Colorado Springs rodeo musicians, Penrose Stadium entertainment and western accordion players on small-gauge home-movie film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's rodeo display, marching band and mounted flag procession, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs footage or western musical entertainment.

Still Frames From This Clip

Four western musicians on a platform at Penrose Stadium, Colorado Springs, in 1973, with spectators beneath a covered grandstand. — A four-person musical group stands before the arena's crowded covered seating.
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An accordion player and three fellow performers at Colorado Springs' Penrose Stadium in 1973, beneath flags above the grandstand roof. — The rightmost performer holds a black accordion beside the other musicians.
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A wide 1973 view of musicians at Penrose Stadium in Colorado Springs, framed against arena seating, two American flags and leafy trees. — The wide framing includes the platform, arena railings and tree-lined grandstand roof.
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Western performers hold wind instruments and an accordion at Penrose Stadium, Colorado Springs, in 1973, with a shaded audience behind them. — White cowboy hats and light green shirts stand out against the shaded spectators.
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