Los Angeles California USA-1962: Bullfighting Scene With Matador And Charging Bull

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

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Bullfighting Scene With Matador And Charging Bull — 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 gold attire skillfully maneuvers a red cape as a dark bull charges across the sandy arena. The footage shows the bull with banderillas already lodged in its back, highlighting the intensity of the spectacle. The red-walled arena and the grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evoke a nostalgic, archival feel. This raw, unfiltered footage offers a rare glimpse into a historical cultural event, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123687483

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s editorial requests for home-movie footage of a bullfighting spectacle in Los Angeles, useful for documentary or educational context around public arena entertainment.
Period detail: The 1962 metadata and 8mm color stock are supported by the clip record, while the visible red arena barrier, sandy ring, matador costume and cape suggest a staged bullfighting performance.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a spectator-shot home-movie viewpoint, observing the matador and bull from above the arena rather than from a controlled production position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a matador in light costume, red cape, dark bull, banderillas, sandy arena floor, red perimeter wall, shadows and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, noticeable grain, slight exposure variation and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, danger cutaway, cultural-event reference, or memory beat within a sequence about 1960s public spectacle.
Historical context: The scene shows a bullfighting-style arena performance with a visible human performer and animal, but the frames alone do not identify the venue or event.
Research note: People and animal performance are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from possible likeness, venue, animal-welfare, and editorial-use considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfighting, vintage matador home movie, charging bull arena footage, and 1960s public spectacle.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Los Angeles 1962 clips, then broader 1960s arena, sport, festival or animal-performance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a matador in light costume working a red cape near a dark bull in a sandy arena. — Matador maneuvers a red cape as the bull passes close by.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with a dark bull bearing banderillas and a matador holding a red cape in the arena. — Bull and matador pause apart across the sandy ring.

Home-movie frame from 1962 Los Angeles showing a bull approaching a matador with a red cape near the arena wall. — The bull advances as the matador prepares the cape.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the matador stepping with the red cape while the dark bull turns across the arena. — Matador moves the cape as the bull turns in the ring.

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