Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Matador Faces A Charging Bull In A Sunlit Arena

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

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A Matador Faces A Charging Bull In A Sunlit Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a tense bullfighting scene in a sun-drenched arena. A matador in a traditional white and pink suit maneuvers a red and yellow cape as a large black bull charges across the dusty ring. Spectators fill the stands behind a red barrier, watching the dramatic confrontation. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie enhances its nostalgic, archival feel, offering authentic historical footage of a classic Spanish tradition.

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: 123687832

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: Yes
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: 1960s 8mm footage for edits needing a brief archival bullfighting arena scene with a matador, bull, spectators, and sunlit ring action.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color home-movie stock, arena signage, packed stands, and bullfighting attire consistent with the supplied 1962 Los Angeles metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from the stands like a visitor filming a public spectacle, holding a wide view as the matador and bull move across the ring.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador with cape, dusty arena floor, red ring barrier, spectators in stands, arena signage, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, tension beat, memory flash, or contextual cutaway for mid-century leisure, spectacle, or animal-performance material.
Historical context: The footage documents spectators watching a staged bullfighting event in a U.S. arena setting, without proving the event name, organizers, or exact venue.
Research note: People and arena signage are visible, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and event-use questions should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Los Angeles bullfighting 8mm, vintage matador home movie, bull in arena spectators, and 1960s public spectacle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles clips, then related arena, rodeo, animal performance, or spectator-event scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador with cape facing a black bull in a sunlit arena as spectators watch from the stands. — A matador braces with a cape as a black bull charges across the arena floor.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with a black bull near center ring and a matador holding a red cape beside the arena barrier. — The bull pauses in the ring while the matador waits with cape in hand.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador and black bull separated across a dusty arena with spectators behind the red wall. — The matador holds position while the bull faces him from across the ring.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a wide bullfighting arena view with bull, matador, red cape, spectators, and signage above the barrier. — A wide view frames the bull and matador under the watching crowd.

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