Los Angeles California USA-1962: Black Bull Charges Matador With Pink Cloth

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

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Black Bull Charges Matador With Pink Cloth — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic bullfight in Los Angeles, California. A matador in traditional white attire and a vibrant pink cape confronts a powerful black bull in a sun-drenched arena. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows the bull charging and the matador skillfully maneuvering the cape. The grainy, color-saturated quality of the Super 8 film adds to the nostalgic, archival feel of this historic sporting event.

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: 123687013

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 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 for projects needing a brief archival view of a bullfight scene staged in a Los Angeles arena.
Period detail: The white matador costume, bright pink cape, open dirt ring and color 8mm texture support the stated 1962 Southern California setting without identifying a specific venue.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint, with the camera watching the bull and matador from behind dark arena framing rather than from an official broadcast angle.
What appears in frame: A black bull, a matador in white, a vivid pink cape, dirt arena floor, red-and-white barrier, distant spectators and dark vertical framing are visible.
Film character: The footage shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated magenta color, uneven exposure and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, tension beat, travel memory fragment or cutaway for midcentury leisure, spectacle or animal-sport sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a public bullfighting-style performance as seen by a home-movie camera, while the frames do not establish the venue name or event organizer.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, performer likeness and any event or venue permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s 8mm bullfight, Los Angeles matador home movie, black bull charging cape, or vintage arena spectacle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1962 material, then broader 1960s arena, sports and animal-performance scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a black bull partly hidden behind dark foreground framing and blue railings in a dirt arena. — The bull is glimpsed through dark foreground framing at the edge of the arena.

1962 Los Angeles bullfight frame with a matador in white guiding a bright pink cape as a black bull approaches on the dirt ring. — The matador draws the charging bull toward the pink cape.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the matador turning with the cape as the black bull passes close on the arena floor. — The bull passes close to the matador during a cape maneuver.

1962 Los Angeles arena frame with a matador holding a pink cape as a black bull stands across the dirt ring near red-and-white barriers. — The matador and bull reset across the arena, with another figure near the barrier.

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