Los Angeles California USA-1962: Traditional Bullfighter Approaching Bull While Performing

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

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Traditional Bullfighter Approaching Bull While Performing — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a traditional bullfighting event in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a striped suit and black hat performs with a pink cape as a dark bull charges across the sandy arena. Spectators watch from the stands, and the footage shows the classic drama of the corrida with authentic period costumes and film grain. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American cultural events.

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: 123687623

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 documentary edits needing home-movie coverage of a bullfighting-style arena performance in Los Angeles.
Period detail: The matador costume, sandy ring, red arena barrier, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century public-event setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint, with partial framing and nearby heads suggesting an audience member filming the action from the stands.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a matador, pink cape, dark bull, sandy arena floor, red perimeter wall, spectators, and vertical film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cultural-event cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about mid-century Los Angeles leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows a public bullfighting-style performance with costumed participants and spectators, without confirming the venue or event name.
Research note: People are visible and likely identifiable only at close review; copyright, likeness, and venue or event permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfighting footage, matador with bull in arena, and vintage home movie public performance.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1962 Los Angeles material, then vintage arena events or animal-performance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a matador in a sandy bullfighting arena with another costumed participant nearby. — Matador and second costumed figure in the arena before the bull enters this frame.

Matador in a striped suit and black hat crosses the sandy arena during the Los Angeles bullfighting event. — A matador moves across the ring with a cloth in hand.

Dark bull crosses the foreground of the sandy arena in a handheld 8mm frame from the 1962 Los Angeles event. — The bull moves through the lower part of the frame as the camera follows from the stands.

Bull approaches a matador holding a pink cape in the sandy Los Angeles arena, with spectators partly visible in front. — The bull nears the cape as spectators watch from the foreground.

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