Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Performs With Pink Cape As Bull Charges

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

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Matador Performs With Pink Cape As Bull Charges — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a bullfighting event in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional white and gold suit with pink boots skillfully maneuvers a bright pink cape as a dark bull charges across the dusty arena. The footage, shot through a dark frame, shows the arena's red barriers, spectators in the stands, and period advertisements for brands like Waterford & Frazier. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-century Americana.

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: 123687088

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: This clip supports 1960s Los Angeles editorial requests involving public spectacle, bullfighting displays, animal-performance controversy, or mid-century visitor-shot arena footage.
Period detail: Visible period clues include red arena barriers, spectator seating, painted advertising signs, and the soft color palette of 8mm home-movie film.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from an obstructed spectator position, giving the scene the unpolished viewpoint of someone filming a live event from the stands.
What appears in frame: The frames show a matador with a pink cape, a dark bull, dusty arena ground, red barriers, spectators, blue railings, and background advertisements.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, muted color, motion blur, handheld framing, and dark contact-sheet borders that emphasize its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century spectacle, arena crowds, or disputed animal entertainment.
Historical context: The scene documents a bullfighting performance presented to spectators in Los Angeles, with commercial signage and arena architecture visible around the action.
Research note: People, faces, brands, and animal-harm subject matter are visible, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and editorial-use questions need separate review.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1960s Los Angeles bullfighting home movie, 8mm matador pink cape, vintage bullring spectators, and California arena footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Los Angeles 1962 footage, then related bullfighting, arena crowd, or animal-performance clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Los Angeles home-movie footage, a matador in a light costume carries a pink cape across a dusty arena. — A matador crosses the arena with a bright pink cape as dark frame edges partly obstruct the view.

A blurred 1962 Los Angeles bullfighting moment shows a matador and pink cape moving across the dusty arena. — Motion blur turns the matador and cape into a streak against the arena floor and red barrier.

A dark bull runs near red barriers in a 1962 Los Angeles arena, with spectators and advertising signs behind it. — The bull moves along the red arena wall below spectators and period advertising signs.

The bull and matador appear near the red arena wall in 1962 Los Angeles footage, with spectators and advertisements beyond the ring. — The matador works near the wall as the bull passes below stands and visible signage.

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