Mazatlan Mexico-1972: Matador Taunting Bull with Red Cape in Arena

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

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Matador Taunting Bull with Red Cape in Arena — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Mazatlan, Mexico, 1972, showing a bullfight in a traditional arena. A matador in a pink and gold costume taunts a black bull with a red cape while spectators watch from the stands. The grainy, color-bleached film captures the dramatic action with authentic 1970s home movie quality, including visible film grain and slight motion blur. The scene unfolds in a sandy ring with red barriers, showcasing a classic moment of Mexican cultural entertainment.

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: 120913820

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1972 8mm Mazatlan clip supports archive requests for 1970s Mexican bullfighting, tourist-shot arena entertainment, and documentary inserts on leisure, spectacle, or animal-centered cultural events.
Period detail: The red arena barrier, sandy bullring, spectator seating, and color-shifted 8mm look are consistent with early 1970s home-movie documentation, with Mazatlan and 1972 supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the value of a visitor-shot record, watching from the stands as a matador works a red cape near a black bull while nearby spectators follow the action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, a matador in a bright pink costume, a red cape, sandy ring surface, red-and-white arena rail, seated spectators, and handheld framing from an elevated position.
Film character: The clip shows grainy 8mm color with soft focus, motion blur during the bull's movement, uneven exposure, and dark contact-sheet borders that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or contextual insert for 1970s travel footage, bullfighting coverage, or discussions of public entertainment and animal spectacle.
Historical context: The scene visually documents a public bullfighting performance viewed by spectators, while any broader claims about local tradition or the event's significance would require outside research.
Research note: People are visible in the stands and the matador may be identifiable only with further research, so likeness, venue, animal-welfare sensitivity, and copyright status should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1972 Mazatlan 8mm bullfight, Super 8 Mexican bullring spectators, vintage home movie matador red cape, and 1970s bullfighting arena footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Mazatlan or Mexico footage from 1972, and then with broader 1970s travel, arena, festival, or animal spectacle material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A black bull moves across the sandy bullring in 1972 Mazatlan home-movie footage, seen with heavy grain, blur, and dark frame edges. — Bull moving in the ring.

In a Mazatlan bullring, a matador in bright clothing works a red cape near a black bull while spectators watch from the curved stands. — Matador and bull before spectators.

A black bull walks across the sandy arena floor near the red-and-white bullring barrier in the 1972 Mazatlan home-movie clip. — Bull crossing the arena floor.

The black bull passes close to the matador and red cape in the sandy Mazatlan bullring, captured with strong motion blur and home-movie softness. — Bull closing in on the cape.

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