Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Matador With A Cape Taunts A Bull In A Bullfight

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

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A Matador With A Cape Taunts A Bull In A Bullfight — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a dramatic bullfight in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional white suit and pink cape taunts a dark bull in a sun-drenched arena, with spectators visible in the stands. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows the bull charging and the matador skillfully maneuvering the cape. The scene includes a brief moment of the bull being stabbed, with a second matador in the foreground. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into a classic spectacle.

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: 123687940

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: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing brief archival home-movie footage of a bullfight spectacle in Los Angeles.
Period detail: The matador costume, pink cape, open arena, and color 8mm look support the supplied 1962 Southern California setting without identifying a specific venue.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint from the stands, observing the bull and matadors from a distance rather than staged production coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bull, matador with pink cape, second matador in the foreground, red arena barrier, sandy ring, spectators, and partial signage.
Film character: The footage shows handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, color fading, high sun exposure, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for midcentury recreation, spectacle, animal performance, or arena scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows a public bullfighting-style arena event with spectators watching matadors engage a bull, reflecting a staged entertainment context.
Research note: People, partial signage, and animal-spectacle content are visible, so copyright, likeness, brand, venue, and animal-treatment context may need review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles 8mm bullfight footage, matador with cape, vintage arena spectacle, and home movie bull ring scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then 1962 Los Angeles material, then other midcentury arena, recreation, or animal spectacle clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a matador in white holding a pink cape toward a dark bull in a bullfighting arena. — A matador presents a pink cape to a bull as spectators watch from behind the red barrier.

1962 Los Angeles arena view with a dark bull near the red barrier and a matador's pink cape partly visible at the frame edge. — The bull pauses near the edge of the ring while the matador remains partly outside the frame.

A dark bull moves across the bullfighting ring in this 1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame, with the red barrier behind it. — The bull moves across the sunlit ring with the arena wall and spectators in the background.

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a bull lowering its head in the arena as a matador is seen from behind in the foreground. — A foreground matador watches as the bull lowers its head on the sandy arena floor.

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