Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Confronts Charging 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 Confronts Charging Bull In Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional white suit and black hat confronts a charging bull in a sandy arena, using a vibrant purple cape to taunt the animal. The bull, adorned with colorful banderillas, charges aggressively as the matador dodges with precision. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film enhances the raw, archival feel of this historic spectacle. The red arena walls and the intense action evoke the thrill and danger of traditional Spanish bullfighting, preserved as a nostalgic home movie moment.

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: 123687310

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 editorial sequences needing Los Angeles-shot home-movie footage of a bullfighting arena spectacle, animal performance, or matador confrontation.
Period detail: The clip shows 8mm-era color, red arena barriers, traditional matador dress, cape work, and a bull with banderillas, with 1962 and Los Angeles supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated, slightly obstructed viewpoint reads as a spectator filming a public arena event from the stands rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy arena, red perimeter boards, a matador in a light suit and black hat, a purple cape, a horned bull, banderillas, and dark frame-edge obstructions.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm color look with grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, danger beat, animal-spectacle cutaway, or memory fragment within a larger sequence on public entertainments or cultural performance.
Historical context: The scene documents spectatorship around a bullfighting-style arena event, while the frames alone do not identify the venue, organizer, or broader circumstances.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, the bullfighting content may be sensitive, and copyright status should be assessed separately from likeness, animal-welfare, and venue-context concerns.
Research search match: Searches this clip may satisfy include 1962 Los Angeles bullfighting footage, 8mm matador and bull arena, vintage home movie bullfight, and bull with banderillas.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Los Angeles 1962 public-event footage, and then with vintage animal spectacle or arena performance material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Los Angeles footage, a matador in a light suit uses a purple cape while a bull approaches in a sandy arena. — Matador positions a purple cape as the bull moves nearby in the arena.

A matador in a light suit and black hat dodges a charging bull in a sandy Los Angeles arena, supported by 1962 metadata. — The matador evades the bull during a close pass across the arena floor.

A horned bull with banderillas stands near the red arena wall in this 1962 Los Angeles bullfighting scene. — Bull pauses in the arena with banderillas visible across its shoulders.

The bull moves across the sandy arena with banderillas visible while a matador in a black hat watches from the foreground. — The bull walks across the arena as the matador remains in the foreground.

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