Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Uses Red Cloth To Engage Bull In Arena

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

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Matador Uses Red Cloth To Engage Bull In Arena — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in a sun-drenched arena. A matador in a traditional light-colored suit and pink stockings skillfully maneuvers a red cape to engage a powerful grey bull. The dusty dirt arena is enclosed by red barriers, with spectators visible in the background. The footage shows the intense interaction between man and animal, including moments of the bull charging and the matador dodging. Shot on 8mm film, the clip exhibits natural grain and a nostalgic color palette, offering authentic archival footage of a classic 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: 123687212

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: 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: Supports archival requests for 1960s Southern California recreational spectacle footage, especially documentary inserts about bullfighting displays, arenas, animal performance, or home-movie travel scenes.
Period detail: The 1962 metadata is supported, while the visible red arena boards, formal matador clothing, and 8mm color stock give period cues without identifying a specific venue.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from spectator seating, capturing a visitor's view of the matador, bull, cape work, and nearby audience rather than a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grey bull, matador in light suit and pink stockings, red cape, dusty arena floor, red perimeter boards, seated spectators, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a home-movie 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, saturated reds, and contact-sheet frame edges that emphasize its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for midcentury leisure, animal spectacle, arena performance, or travel-reel sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a public arena performance with spectators watching a matador engage a bull, reflecting a filmed leisure event rather than proving broader cultural practices.
Research note: People and faces appear in the arena seating and performance area, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, animal-use, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 8mm bullfighting footage, Los Angeles matador arena home movie, vintage bull and red cape scene, and midcentury spectator arena film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1962 Los Angeles material, and then with related bullfighting, arena, animal performance, or leisure-event clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a matador drawing a grey bull toward a red cape inside a red-walled arena. — A matador presents the red cape as the bull turns toward him on the arena floor.

1962 Los Angeles arena frame with a grey bull engaging the red cape as the matador controls it from the side. — The bull makes contact with the cape while the matador keeps distance beside it.

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing the bull pivoting as the matador draws the red cape across the dirt arena. — The matador redirects the cape as the bull pivots near the center of the arena.

1962 Los Angeles arena frame showing the matador kneeling with a red cape while the bull faces him from several yards away. — The matador kneels on the dirt with the cape as the bull pauses nearby.

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