Los Angeles California USA-1962: Bull Down Provoking Bull To Get Up Men With Red

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

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Bull Down Provoking Bull To Get Up Men With Red — 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 suit and black hat uses a vibrant pink cape to provoke a large bull, which eventually collapses onto the sandy arena floor. The bull, visibly injured with blood on its back, lies motionless as other participants in white and patterned attire approach. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a raw, nostalgic atmosphere of mid-century spectacle. This archival clip offers authentic, unfiltered footage of a cultural event, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123687421

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 8mm footage for productions needing archival bullfighting or arena spectacle material from Los Angeles with visible participants and an injured bull.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color 8mm arena footage with traditional bullfighting attire, pink capes, and sandy ground, consistent with the supplied 1962 Los Angeles metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated handheld viewpoint feels like a spectator filming a brief, tense moment as participants gather around a downed bull.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy arena, a dark bull on the ground, pink capes, men in matador-style and white clothing, long shadows, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has grainy color 8mm texture, slight softness, uneven exposure, dust specks, and contact-print framing that reinforce its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century spectacle, animal-performance controversy, or archival recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a public arena performance in which human participants approach and provoke a visibly injured bull, without establishing the event name or venue.
Research note: People are visible and the bull appears injured, so likeness, animal-welfare sensitivity, and event-context review should be handled separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s 8mm bullfighting footage, Los Angeles bull arena home movie, matador cape injured bull, and vintage rodeo spectacle film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1962 arena footage, then broader 1960s bullfighting, rodeo, or public spectacle material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador-style participant holding a pink cape near a downed bull in a sandy arena. — A participant holds a pink cape close to a bull lying on the arena floor.

1962 Los Angeles arena footage shows a bull on the ground, a caped performer nearby, and another participant holding cloth at right. — A second participant enters the frame as the bull remains down near the cape.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with multiple participants, pink capes, and an injured bull lying on sandy arena ground. — Participants gather with capes while the bull lies on the sandy floor.

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing men with capes near a visibly injured bull on the arena floor. — Men with capes and light clothing remain near the injured bull in the arena.

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