Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Engages Bloodied Bull in 8mm Arena Footage

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

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Matador Engages Bloodied Bull in 8mm Arena Footage — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1962 captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional light-colored suit and pink stockings skillfully maneuvers a red cape to engage a powerful bull in the sandy arena. The bull, visibly injured with blood on its back and colorful banderillas embedded in its shoulders, charges with intensity. Spectators watch from behind red barriers as the matador performs with focus and precision. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm home movie film, offering a raw, nostalgic glimpse into a high-stakes cultural 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: 123687265

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: 1960s Los Angeles 8mm footage for documentary edits needing archival bullfighting, arena spectacle, or animal-performance material with visible risk and injury.
Period detail: The light matador costume, red arena barrier, and saturated 8mm color may show a mid-century public bullfighting event consistent with the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot home-movie perspective, watching the matador and bull from above the sandy ring rather than from a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a matador with red cape, a bloodied bull, banderillas in the animal's shoulders, sandy arena ground, red barriers, and distant spectators.
Film character: The footage shows grainy 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, saturated reds and pinks, and slight handheld framing that suit archival home-movie use.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, reaction beat, or contextual cutaway for mid-century spectacle, sport, animal treatment, or Los Angeles recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a public arena performance involving a matador and visibly injured bull, offering social context for entertainment practices without confirming the event name.
Research note: People and an injured animal are visible, so review copyright, likeness, event restrictions, and animal-cruelty sensitivity before commercial or public use.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1960s 8mm bullfighting footage, Los Angeles arena matador, bloodied bull home movie, and vintage bullfight spectacle.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1962 Los Angeles material, then with related arena, sport, animal performance, or recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador with a red cape engaging a bull in a sandy arena. — The matador stands near the bull with the cape lowered in the arena.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with a matador extending a red cape toward a bull in the ring. — The matador holds the cape open as the bull faces him from a distance.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the bull bloodied on its back with banderillas visible in the arena. — The bull is shown close up with blood and banderillas visible on its shoulders.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with the bloodied bull near the matador's red cape at the edge of the shot. — The bull moves near the cape, with the matador partly cropped from the frame.

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