Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Matador In A Bull Ring With A Red Cape

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

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A Matador In A Bull Ring With A Red Cape — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1962 captures a bullfighting scene in a sun-drenched arena. A matador in traditional white attire skillfully maneuvers a red cape, engaging a powerful black bull with prominent horns. The sandy ring is enclosed by a red barrier, with a figure in colorful clothing visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of a traditional Spanish spectacle.

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: 123687494

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: 1962 Los Angeles 8mm footage suited for editorial requests needing a brief arena bullfighting or staged animal-performance scene with visible spectatorship context.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1960s leisure or performance culture through the matador-style clothing, red arena barrier, sandy ring, and saturated home-movie color.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from an elevated spectator position, giving the scene the observational feel of a visitor filming a public performance rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador with red cape, sandy bull ring, red perimeter wall, strong sun shadows, and another costumed figure near the barrier.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, dense grain, slight exposure variation, and saturated reds that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or cutaway for archival material about spectacle, animals in performance, or 1960s public entertainment.
Historical context: The footage records a bullfighting-style arena encounter in Los Angeles, but the frames do not identify the venue, organizers, or exact nature of the event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, performance, animal-use, and venue permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bull ring, vintage matador red cape footage, black bull arena home movie, and 1960s bullfighting-style performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles footage, then related arena, animal-performance, or matador-themed archival clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador-style performer holding a red cape toward a black bull in a sunlit ring. — A matador-style performer presents a red cape as the bull approaches in the arena.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with a black bull facing a matador-style performer holding a red cape in a sandy bull ring. — The bull pauses while the performer keeps the cape low in the ring.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the bull moving past the red cape during a matador-style pass in the sandy ring. — The performer turns with the cape as the bull moves alongside it.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with the matador-style performer turning away from a black bull in the sunlit arena. — The performer resets with the cape as the bull watches from across the ring.

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