Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Waves Red Cloth In Front Of Bull During Bullfight

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

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Matador Waves Red Cloth In Front Of Bull During Bullfight — Clip Details

A matador in a traditional pink and gold suit stands in a dusty arena, waving a red cape in front of a decorated bull during a bullfight. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1962, captures the tension and ritual of the event with authentic period detail. The bull, adorned with colorful banderillas, charges the cape as the matador maneuvers with focus and precision. The grainy, color-graded quality of the Super 8 home movie adds to the nostalgic, archival feel. This raw, unfiltered moment offers a vivid glimpse into mid-century Spanish cultural tradition, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 123687252

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: 1962 Los Angeles 8mm footage suited to editorial requests for mid-century bullfighting spectacle, matador ritual, and public arena recreation scenes.
Period detail: The matador's pink and gold suit, red cloth, decorated bull, dusty ring, and handheld color 8mm look support an early 1960s arena-event setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot home-movie perspective, holding on the matador and bull as the action unfolds without staged camera coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a matador, red cloth, decorated bull, banderillas, dusty arena ground, dark film-frame borders, and close-range arena action.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, muted color, and handheld framing that mark it as physical-film archival material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or tension beat within sequences on bullfighting, public entertainment, or 1960s leisure footage.
Historical context: The scene documents a bullfighting-style arena performance in Los Angeles, showing ritualized movement between a costumed matador and a decorated bull.
Research note: People and a recognizable face are visible, and animal-performance content may require editorial, likeness, copyright, and sensitivity review before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfight, vintage matador red cape bull, home movie arena event, and mid-century bullfighting footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles arena material, then broader bullfighting or animal-sport scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador in a pink and gold suit presenting a red cloth near a decorated bull. — Matador presents the red cloth as the decorated bull faces him in the arena.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with the matador beside a red cloth and a decorated bull in the dusty ring. — The matador pauses with the cloth as the bull stands nearby in the arena.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the matador lowering a red cloth while the decorated bull approaches. — The bull moves toward the lowered cloth during the matador's pass.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame capturing the decorated bull passing the red cloth while the matador moves at the edge of the action. — The bull passes the cloth as the matador shifts alongside the movement.

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