Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Bull Fight Between A Bull And Toreros In A

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

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A Bull Fight Between A Bull And Toreros In A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a bullfight in Los Angeles, California. A matador in traditional attire, including a bright purple cape, confronts a dark bull in a sandy arena. The grainy, color-bleached film shows the tension and motion of the encounter, with the bull charging and the matador maneuvering the cape. The scene is framed by the dark edges of a home movie projector, adding to its nostalgic, archival quality. This clip offers a rare glimpse of Spanish tradition recreated in the United States during the early 1960s.

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: 123687637

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 editorial or documentary requests showing a staged bullfight or Spanish-style performance filmed in Los Angeles on amateur 8mm.
Period detail: The matador costume, bright cape, sandy ring, and color 8mm home-movie texture support the stated 1962 setting, though no exterior landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a spectator-shot feel, observing the bull and torero from above the arena rather than presenting a formal broadcast view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bull, torero, vivid pink-purple cape, sandy arena floor, red arena barrier, strong shadows, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, tension beat, cultural recreation cutaway, or transition within material about spectacle, sport, travel, or 1960s leisure.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a bullfighting-style performance recreated in the United States, with emphasis on costume, arena choreography, and spectator viewpoint.
Research note: People are visible and the bullfight subject may require editorial sensitivity; copyright, performer likeness, venue, and animal-welfare context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Search phrases this may match include 1960s Los Angeles bullfight, 8mm matador footage, torero with purple cape, bull in sandy arena, and vintage Spanish tradition in California.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles footage, then broader clips of arenas, matadors, Spanish-style events, or animal spectacles.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a dark bull approaching a torero with a vivid purple cape inside a sandy bullring. — A bull stands opposite a torero with a bright cape in the arena.

A home-movie frame from the Los Angeles bullfight shows the bull watching the torero, who presents a purple cape in the sandy ring. — The torero holds position as the bull faces him from across the sand.

The torero steps across the sandy Los Angeles arena with a purple cape while the bull appears at the edge of the frame. — The bull moves in from the side as the torero shifts the cape.

A blurred 8mm frame captures the bull charging past the torero and purple cape in the Los Angeles bullfight arena. — The bull runs past the cape during a fast movement in the ring.

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