Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Faces Charging Bull in Vintage Arena

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

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Matador Faces Charging Bull in Vintage Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional blue and white suit with pink stockings maneuvers a black bull in a dusty arena, using a colorful cape and banderillas. Other performers in pink and yellow costumes stand near the red barrier as the bull charges. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, offering authentic historical footage of a cultural spectacle.

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: 123686959

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 8mm home-movie footage suited to editorial requests for Southern California arena entertainment, bullfighting spectacle, or mid-century public leisure scenes.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s dress, arena railings, painted barriers, and hand-held amateur filming consistent with the supplied 1962 Los Angeles metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a visitor-shot view from the stands, catching the matador, bull, and supporting performers in brief, unpolished moments rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador in blue and white, pink cape, dusty arena floor, red barrier, spectators, arena signage, and supporting performers.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, slight blur, and contact-sheet framing that give the scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural-event cutaway, memory beat, or visual bridge in a sequence about mid-century public spectacles.
Historical context: The footage documents a public arena performance with bullfighting costumes and audience viewing, but the frames alone do not identify the venue or event organizer.
Research note: People, arena signage, and an animal performance are visible, so copyright review is separate from possible likeness, venue, brand, and animal-welfare context review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Los Angeles bullfight 8mm, vintage matador arena home movie, Southern California bullfighting footage, and black bull matador cape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles arena footage, then broader vintage bullfighting or public entertainment scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador in blue and white moving across a dirt arena as a black bull watches nearby. — A matador crosses the arena while a black bull stands at a distance.

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame of a matador moving away from a black bull inside a red-walled arena. — The matador retreats across the dirt as the bull advances.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a black bull turning near a performer with a pink cape on the dirt arena floor. — The bull turns close to a cape during the arena performance.

1962 Los Angeles arena frame with a black bull, costumed performers, spectators, red barrier, and visible signage in the background. — Performers and spectators are visible as the bull pauses in the arena.

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