Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Taunts Bull With Spears On Its Back

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Matador Taunts Bull With Spears On Its Back — Clip Details

A 1962 8mm home movie captures a dramatic bullfight in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional white and gold suit with pink stockings skillfully maneuvers a red cape as a powerful black bull charges, its back pierced with colorful spears. The dusty arena is surrounded by red barriers and spectators in the stands, with a woman in a pink dress visible near the edge. The footage shows the intense interaction between man and beast, with the bull repeatedly charging the cape in a tense, high-stakes confrontation under bright daylight.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123686952

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

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: Yes
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 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1960s Los Angeles home-movie footage for editorial requests needing bullfight arena action, matador gestures, and spectator context in a short archival insert.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color footage with a bullring, red arena boards, spectators, and signage, supporting the supplied 1962 Los Angeles identification.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels visitor-shot from the stands, holding on the matador and bull as the animal charges the cape across the dirt arena.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a matador in white and gold, a red cape, a black bull with banderillas, dirt arena floor, red barriers, spectators, and arena signage.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur during action, and handheld framing that preserves the texture of amateur film capture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, reaction cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century spectacle, sport, or animal-performance sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a public bullfighting-style performance setting with spectators and arena staging, without confirming event names or organizers beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: People, faces, arena signage, and animal harm imagery require review for likeness, trademark, editorial use, and sensitivity separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfight, matador red cape home movie, bullring spectators, and vintage animal performance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles public-event footage, then broader vintage bullfighting or arena-performance material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a wide bullring view with a matador, a black bull, red arena boards, spectators, and signage. — A wide arena view shows the matador and bull before the crowd.

1962 Los Angeles frame of a matador in a white and gold suit presenting a red cape to a charging black bull with banderillas. — The bull lowers its head toward the matador's red cape.

Close 1962 Los Angeles home-movie view of the matador holding a red cape as the black bull moves past in the arena. — The matador keeps the cape low as the bull passes close by.

1962 Los Angeles frame showing the matador facing the bull at close range, with colorful banderillas visible on the animal's back. — Colorful banderillas are visible as the bull faces the matador.

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