Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Performing With Red Cape Against 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 Performing With Red Cape Against Bull In Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a tense bullfighting scene in a sun-drenched arena. A matador in a traditional white suit and black hat skillfully maneuvers a red cape to engage a dark-colored bull adorned with decorative ribbons. The dusty ring, framed by the film's natural grain and slight motion blur, evokes the raw energy and danger of the spectacle. The sequence shows the bull charging, the matador dodging, and the two locked in a dramatic standoff under bright daylight.

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: 123687447

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: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing brief 8mm footage of a bullfighting-style arena performance in Los Angeles for documentary, education, or cultural context edits.
Period detail: The white matador-style suit, black hat, red cape, dusty arena, and 8mm color stock support an early-1960s home-movie setting, with the location and year coming from clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint from above the arena, preserving the brief, informal attention of a visitor filming the bull and performer rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bull with decorative ribbons, a matador-style performer in white, a red cape, dusty ring surface, arena barrier, strong sun shadows, and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through visible grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, uneven exposure, and dark frame borders from the original film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural-event cutaway, tension beat, or period travel-memory fragment within a broader 1960s Los Angeles or spectacle sequence.
Historical context: The frames show a bullfighting-style arena performance presented to spectators, offering visual context for mid-century public entertainment without confirming the venue or event name.
Research note: People and an animal are visible, so copyright, performer likeness, animal-performance sensitivity, and venue or event permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 8mm Los Angeles bullfight footage, matador with red cape, bull in arena, vintage home movie spectacle, and mid-century arena performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles material, then broader vintage arena, animal performance, or public spectacle clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a white-clad matador-style performer using a red cape near a dark bull in a sunlit arena. — The performer draws the bull with a red cape in the dusty ring.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with a decorated dark bull facing a white-clad performer holding a red cape in the arena. — The bull pauses as the performer positions the cape at a distance.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the performer from behind, holding a red cape while facing a ribboned bull in the arena. — The performer stands with cape lowered as the bull faces him across the ring.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a standoff between a decorated dark bull and a white-clad performer holding a red cape. — The bull and performer hold distance during a tense pause in the ring.

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