Mazatlan Mexico-1972: Bullfight in Mazatlan Stadium

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationMazatlan, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Mazatlan Mexico

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Bullfight in Mazatlan Stadium — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Mazatlan, Mexico, 1972, captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in a sunlit arena. A matador in traditional white and pink attire confronts a large black bull in the sandy ring, with red and white barriers visible. The grainy, slightly blurred image shows the bull charging and the matador maneuvering with a red cape, all viewed through the dark frame of an old film projector. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality with natural lighting and authentic period details.

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: 120913808

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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: Mazatlan, Mexico 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

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 1970s editorial requests needing real 8mm home-movie coverage of bullfighting, arena sport, travel, or public spectacle in Mazatlan, Mexico.
Period detail: The clip shows 1972-era 8mm color footage with a matador-style costume, red cape, sandy bullring, painted arena barrier, and spectators only faintly visible at the edge of the frame.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot perspective, with the camera observing a tense bullring moment from a distance rather than presenting a staged or broadcast view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, a bullfighter in light clothing, a red cape or muleta, sandy ring surface, curved arena barrier, partial spectators, and dark film gate edges.
Film character: The footage has a grainy 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and projector-like black borders that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel-memory beat, danger cutaway, or transitional image for discussions of bullfighting, tourism, sport, or 1970s Mexican travel footage.
Historical context: The scene documents a public bullfighting spectacle as seen by a traveler or spectator, with the bullfighter and animal separated from viewers inside a formal ring.
Research note: People are visible at a distance and the bullfighting subject may be sensitive, so likeness, animal-welfare context, location verification, and underlying copyright should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1972 Mazatlan bullfight 8mm, Mexico bullring home movie, vintage matador and bull footage, or 1970s travel film bullfighting arena.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Mazatlan or Mexico 1972 travel scenes, and then broader 1970s arena, sport, animal, or public-spectacle material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A black bull moves across the sandy bullring in 1972 Mazatlan, Mexico footage, framed by dark edges from the scanned 8mm film. — Bull moving across the arena sand.

A bullfighter in light clothing holds a red cape while facing a black bull in the sandy Mazatlan bullring, with the curved barrier visible behind them. — Bullfighter confronts the bull with a red cape.

The bullfighter stands near a red cape in the sandy arena as the black bull approaches, with red and white railings along the upper edge of the frame. — Bull and bullfighter separated across the ring.

A black bull turns on the sandy bullring surface near a red cape at the edge of the frame, captured in soft, grainy 8mm color. — Bull turning near the fallen cape.

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