Mazatlan Mexico-1972: Matador with Red Cape in Bullfight Arena

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

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Matador with Red Cape in Bullfight Arena — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Mazatlan, Mexico, 1972, captures a dramatic bullfight in a sunlit arena. A matador in a traditional gold-embroidered suit and pink boots wields a vibrant red cape, skillfully maneuvering around a powerful black bull adorned with colorful banderillas. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke the nostalgic quality of home movie film. Spectators fill the blue and red stadium seats, watching intently as the matador performs a daring display of courage and precision. The handheld camera captures the raw energy and danger of the event, offering authentic archival footage of a classic Mexican cultural tradition.

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: 120913880

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: Supports 1970s documentary or educational requests for Mexican bullfighting arena footage, especially brief inserts showing a matador, bull, cape work, and spectators from an amateur film perspective.
Period detail: The matador costume, red cape, stadium seating, faded color, and metadata-supported 1972 Mazatlan setting place the footage in an early-1970s travel or event-recording context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot view of a public spectacle, with the camera alternating between arena action and the seated crowd rather than presenting a staged production view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a matador in ornate dress and pink socks, a red cape, a black bull with banderillas, sandy arena ground, blue and red stadium seating, and spectators in the stands.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the scene the texture of original home-movie documentation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a concise cultural-event insert, a danger or spectacle beat, a travel-memory fragment, or a cutaway from arena action to spectators.
Historical context: The footage documents a bullfight as a public spectator event in Mexico, showing both the performance in the ring and the audience environment without establishing a specific venue name.
Research note: People are visible in the crowd and the matador is identifiable in context, so likeness, cultural-sensitivity, and event-use review may be needed separately from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s 8mm Mazatlan bullfight footage, Mexican matador home movie, red cape bullring scene, bull with banderillas, and vintage crowd in bullfight arena.
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, stadium crowd, or bullfighting material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1972 Mazatlan footage, a matador in ornate dress maneuvers a red cape as a black bull presses close on sandy arena ground. — Matador works the red cape near the bull.

A black bull with banderillas lowers its head while the matador stands nearby holding a red cape in the sandy bullring. — Bull lowers its head near the cape.

The matador moves across the arena with the red cape while the black bull turns behind him, captured in soft, grainy 8mm color. — Matador moves away as the bull turns.

A crowd of spectators fills blue and red stadium benches, providing a brief view of the public audience around the bullfight arena. — Spectators watch from stadium seating.

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