Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Performs In Bullring With Charging Bull

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

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Matador Performs In Bullring With Charging Bull — Clip Details

A young matador in a traditional gold-embroidered suit and black hat performs in a bullring, skillfully maneuvering a red cape as a powerful black bull charges. The scene unfolds in a sunlit arena with red barriers and spectators watching from elevated stands. Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures the tension and drama of a Spanish-style bullfight with authentic period clothing, film grain, and warm color tones. The footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-century entertainment and cultural traditions.

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: 123687565

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: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing visitor-shot bullring entertainment, matador performance, animal spectacle, or Los Angeles leisure footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The matador costume, red ring barriers, spectator seating, and 8mm color home-movie texture support the stated 1962 setting while the exact venue is not identifiable from the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator viewpoint from behind dark foreground obstructions, giving the scene the candid feel of a visitor filming a public performance from the stands.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young matador, black bull, red cape, banderillas, sandy arena floor, red wooden barriers, spectators, and dark frame-edge obstructions.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, warm color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that place the action within an original home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural-performance cutaway, travel-memory beat, or tension-building transition around mid-century public entertainment.
Historical context: The frames show a Spanish-style bullfighting performance staged for spectators, with the matador and bull presented as the central public arena attraction.
Research note: People and faces are visible in the stands and arena, so likeness and event-context review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-film checks.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s 8mm bullfight, Los Angeles matador home movie, black bull in arena, vintage bullring spectators, and red cape performance may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1962 Los Angeles material, and then with broader clips of mid-century public entertainment or animal performances.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the 1962 Los Angeles footage, a matador in a light embroidered suit stands near a black bull inside a red-walled bullring. — Matador faces the bull with a red cape as spectators watch from above the ring.

A black bull with banderillas stands in the Los Angeles bullring while the matador waits at the side with a red cape. — Bull pauses in the arena as the matador stands near the red barrier.

The matador pivots with the red cape as the charging black bull passes close by in the 1962 arena footage. — Matador draws the charging bull past the cape during the ring performance.

A matador in a gold-toned suit presents the red cape as the black bull approaches inside the Los Angeles bullring. — Matador positions the cape while the bull advances across the arena.

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