Los Angeles California USA-1962: Three Brave Bullfighters Valiantly Taking On

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

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Three Brave Bullfighters Valiantly Taking On — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a dramatic bullfight in Los Angeles, California. Matadors in traditional white and pink suits and black hats wield vibrant purple capes, skillfully maneuvering around a powerful black bull with prominent horns. The action unfolds in a sunlit arena with red barriers and spectators in the stands, showcasing the tension and bravery of the performers. The grainy, color-graded film quality adds authentic retro charm, making it ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or editorial pieces on cultural traditions.

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: 123687053

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 footage for documentary or education edits needing a brief arena bullfighting scene in Los Angeles with performers, capes, spectators, and visible signage.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color home-movie footage with a red-walled arena, matadors in formal costume, spectators in shaded openings, and advertising signs that may indicate a staged public event.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a spectator filming from the stands, holding on the bull and performers as they move across the arena rather than staging for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, three bullfighters, purple and yellow capes, red arena barriers, spectators in balcony openings, dirt ring surface, and partial advertising signs.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, saturated reds and magentas, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical-film texture of the scene.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural-event cutaway, transition beat, or archival memory fragment within a sequence about sport, spectacle, travel, or public entertainment.
Historical context: The footage documents spectators watching bullfighting-style performance in a Los Angeles arena setting, but the frames alone do not identify the venue, event organizer, or exact occasion.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so copyright in the film is separate from possible likeness, venue, trademark, animal-performance, and editorial-use review needs.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfight, vintage home movie bullfighters with capes, 1960s arena spectators, and black bull in public performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other Los Angeles 1962 footage, then with 1960s arena events, bullfighting performances, or public spectacle scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing three bullfighters in light costumes working around a black bull in a red arena with spectators above. — Bullfighters move around the bull near the center of the arena.

1962 Los Angeles arena frame with a black bull charging low toward a bullfighter's purple and yellow cape while other performers stand nearby. — A bull lowers its head toward a cape during the arena performance.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing bullfighters close to a black bull, with pink and yellow capes visible against the dirt floor and red barrier. — Performers work close to the bull with capes spread near the arena wall.

1962 Los Angeles frame showing a black bull paused near two bullfighters with bright capes, with a third performer and arena signage in the background. — The bull pauses as bullfighters reposition with capes around it.

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