Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Wrangles Charging Bull With Purple And Gold Cape

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

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Matador Wrangles Charging Bull With Purple And Gold Cape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional ornate suit and black hat skillfully maneuvers a vibrant purple and gold cape to engage a charging black bull in a sandy arena. The footage, framed by the classic 8mm film border, shows the intense interaction between man and beast under bright daylight, with red barriers and spectators visible in the background. The grainy, slightly blurred motion conveys the raw energy and danger of the event, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century entertainment.

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: 123687608

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-era documentary or educational edits needing amateur 8mm footage of a bullfighting performance staged before spectators in Los Angeles.
Period detail: The matador costume, red arena barrier, sandy ring, and 8mm home-movie framing support a mid-century public entertainment setting, with 1962 Los Angeles supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a spectator-shot home movie, observing the action from the stands rather than from an official event camera position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador with purple and gold cape, sandy arena floor, red barrier, spectators, arena gate structure, and heavy 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, motion blur, and dark frame borders from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, spectacle, animal performance, or Los Angeles home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The frames show a public bullfighting-style arena performance, offering visual context for spectator entertainment and animal-centered spectacle in the early 1960s.
Research note: People and a performing animal are visible, so likeness, event, animal-welfare, and location context may need review separate from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfighting, vintage matador home movie, black bull in arena, purple cape, and mid-century spectator event footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles public-event footage, then broader archive material on matadors, arenas, and animal spectacle.

Still Frames From This Clip

A bull moves through a sandy arena in spectator-shot 8mm footage from the 1962 Los Angeles clip. — Bull crossing the arena, partially obscured by the film frame border.

A bull stands or moves near the arena gate, with spectators visible above the red barrier in the 1962 Los Angeles footage. — Bull near the gate structure at the edge of the arena.

A matador in ornate dress faces a black bull with a purple and gold cape in the sandy Los Angeles arena. — Matador presenting the cape as the bull approaches.

The matador holds the purple and gold cape while the black bull faces him in the 1962 Los Angeles arena footage. — Matador and bull face each other across the sandy ring.

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