Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Chasing Bull in Sand Arena

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

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Matador Chasing Bull in Sand Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in traditional white and pink attire skillfully maneuvers a vibrant red cape as a powerful black bull charges across the sandy arena. The footage, framed by the classic 8mm film border, shows the intense interaction between man and beast under bright sunlight, with spectators visible in the foreground. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic retro charm, preserving a moment of cultural spectacle from the early 1960s.

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: 123687458

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 editorial or documentary requests needing visitor-shot bullfighting spectacle footage in Los Angeles on 8mm film.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color home-movie texture, matador dress, spectator heads, and a sandy arena that may show an organized bullfighting-style performance.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the amateur spectator viewpoint, with the camera looking down from the stands as the bull and matador move through the ring.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matadors in light clothing, red-pink capes, sandy arena ground, arena barrier, spectator heads, and strong sun shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color shift, and frame borders that support a home-movie archive feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural spectacle cutaway, or memory beat within material about 1960s Los Angeles leisure or animal performance.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a public arena performance involving a bull and matadors, with spectators close enough to appear at the frame edge.
Research note: People are visible and the animal performance may need context review; copyright, likeness, venue, and animal-sensitivity issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfighting footage, vintage matador and bull arena home movie, and 1960s spectator-shot animal performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1962 footage, then broader 1960s arena, fairground, or animal-performance scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador with a cape facing a black bull in a sunlit sandy arena. — A matador works a red-pink cape while a black bull moves nearby in the arena.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with a black bull turned toward a matador holding a red-pink cape in the sandy ring. — The bull pauses in the ring as the matador positions the cape across the arena.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame looking over spectators toward a bull approaching a matador with an open cape. — The bull faces the cape as the matador stands squarely in the sandy ring.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a bull moving toward a caped matador, filmed from the stands above the sandy arena. — Spectators frame the lower edge as the bull advances toward the matador's cape.

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