Mazatlan Mexico-1972: Matador Dodges Irritated Bull With Pink Cape

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

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Matador Dodges Irritated Bull With Pink Cape — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Mazatlan, Mexico, 1972, captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in a sunlit arena. A matador in traditional traje de luces, wielding a bright pink and gold cape, skillfully dodges a charging black bull. The sandy ring, red barriers, and white railings frame the action, with the bull's horns and powerful movement emphasized. The grainy, color-bleached film quality and slight camera shake evoke authentic home movie nostalgia, showcasing a classic moment of Spanish-style bullfighting.

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: 120913832

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: 1970s 8mm footage from Mazatlan, Mexico, suited to documentary or educational requests for tourist-shot bullfighting arena material and traditional public entertainment scenes.
Period detail: The red arena barrier, sandy ring, matador costume, bright cape, and color-shifted 8mm image support the supplied 1972 Mazatlan home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot moment, following the matador and bull from a fixed spectator vantage rather than a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador with pink and gold cape, sandy bullring floor, red arena walls, white railings, and distant seated spectators.
Film character: The scan shows grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with small-gauge 8mm travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, action cutaway, or period travel-memory beat within sequences about Mexico, tourism, spectacle, or bullfighting.
Historical context: The footage documents a public bullfighting scene as seen by a traveler, with cultural context visible in the ring setting and matador performance but no broader event identification confirmed.
Research note: A matador and spectators are visible, so likeness and venue-use review may be needed separately from copyright, with no logos or private property apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 Mazatlan 8mm bullfight, vintage Mexico matador cape, home movie bullring, and black bull charging matador.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1972 Mazatlan travel material, then broader 1970s Mexico tourism or bullfighting-themed archive clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1972 Mazatlan 8mm footage, a matador with a pink and gold cape faces a black bull inside a red-walled bullring. — Matador and bull at the edge of the ring.

The matador crosses the sandy Mazatlan arena with a bright pink and gold cape while red barriers and white railings frame the ring. — Matador crossing the sandy arena.

A black bull closes in near the matador and cape during the 1972 Mazatlan bullfighting scene, viewed from above the ring. — Bull closes in on the cape.

The black bull turns near the matador's bright pink cape in the Mazatlan bullring, with the performer partly cropped by the 8mm frame. — Bull turns beside the cape.

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