Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Performs With Red Cape As Bull Charges In Arena

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

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Matador Performs With Red Cape As Bull Charges In Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional pink and gold suit performs with a red cape as a powerful bull charges across the dusty arena. The footage, framed by the dark borders of a film projector, shows the intense action and the crowd watching from behind red barriers. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds to the nostalgic, archival feel of this rare American bullfighting event.

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: 123687225

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: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles or American leisure footage needing a brief bullfighting arena insert with visible matador action and home-movie texture.
Period detail: The clip shows a matador-style costume, red arena barrier, dusty ring and 8mm color stock consistent with the supplied 1962 Los Angeles metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage appears filmed from a spectator position, catching quick arena moments rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a matador in pink and gold, red cape, gray bull, dusty arena floor, red barrier, nearby attendants and dark contact-sheet frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, slight blur and uneven exposure that read as authentic home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short action cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for bullfighting, spectacle, risk, or 1960s Los Angeles recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents spectatorship around a bullfighting-style arena performance in Los Angeles, with visible animal handling and costumed performers.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, venue, animal-use, and performance rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfighting footage, matador red cape home movie, bull charging arena, and vintage American bullfight scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles clips, then broader bullfighting, arena sport, animal spectacle, or vintage leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a matador-style performer and another person beside a red bullring barrier. — Matador and attendant move along the red barrier before the arena action.

1962 Los Angeles frame with a matador-style performer near a red arena barrier and a gray bull entering the view. — The performer stays close to the barrier as the bull moves nearby.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador with red cape facing a gray bull across the dusty arena. — The matador presents the red cape as the bull turns in the ring.

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame of a gray bull passing close to a matador holding a red cape in the arena. — The bull passes close as the matador works the cape at arena level.

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