Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador In The Ring Fighting With A Bull

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

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Matador In The Ring Fighting With A Bull — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic bullfighting spectacle in Los Angeles, California. A dark bull charges across the sandy arena as a matador in traditional white and pink attire maneuvers with a vibrant pink cape. The action unfolds within a red-walled ring, viewed through a blue metal barrier, with spectators visible in the stands. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century entertainment and cultural events.

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: 123687091

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: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing brief editorial or documentary footage of bullfighting-style arena entertainment in Los Angeles.
Period detail: The red arena wall, blue metal barrier, saturated color, and 8mm home-movie texture support the supplied 1962 Southern California setting.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated, obstructed viewpoint through a metal barrier gives the clip the feel of a spectator filming an action moment from the stands.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bull, a matador with a pink cape, sandy arena floor, red ring wall, blue metal barrier, and spectators above the wall.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur during motion, and handheld framing that preserve its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, cultural-event cutaway, transition beat, or memory fragment within a mid-century Los Angeles sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places a bullfighting-style spectacle within a public arena setting, with spectators observing from behind the red wall.
Research note: People and possible signage or logos are visible, so copyright, likeness, venue, and trademark considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 8mm Los Angeles bullfighting, matador with pink cape, bull in arena, and vintage home-movie spectacle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1962 material, then broader bullfighting, arena, or mid-century entertainment footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a dark bull in a sandy ring behind red walls and a blue metal barrier. — A dark bull moves along the red-walled arena as the camera looks through the blue barrier.

The bull stands near the red wall as a matador in white and pink appears at the edge of the 1962 Los Angeles arena frame. — The matador approaches from the right while the bull remains near the red wall.

A matador with a pink cape faces a dark bull in the Los Angeles bullfighting-style arena, filmed on 8mm in 1962. — The matador presents the pink cape as the bull turns across the sandy ring.

Motion-blurred 1962 Los Angeles frame of a matador working a pink cape close to a dark bull in the arena. — The bull passes close as the matador turns with the pink cape on the arena floor.

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