Los Angeles California USA-1962: Bullfighting Event With Matadors And Charging Bull

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

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Bullfighting Event With Matadors And Charging Bull — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a dramatic bullfighting event in Los Angeles, California. The grainy, color-saturated footage shows matadors in traditional white and pink costumes confronting a powerful black bull in a sunlit arena. Spectators fill the stands behind red barriers, watching as the bull charges and is eventually brought down. The scene unfolds with intense action, showcasing the traditional spectacle of bullfighting with authentic period details, including period advertisements for Kent cigarettes and Vinos Santo Tomas on the arena walls.

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: 123687992

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 home-movie views of a bullfighting spectacle staged in Los Angeles.
Period detail: The red arena barrier, packed stands, matador costumes, and visible Kent, Caliente, and Vinos Santo Tomas signs provide period clues supported by the 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a spectator-shot feel, observing the action from the stands as matadors move around a charging bull.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matadors with pink and yellow capes, red arena walls, spectators, advertising boards, and bright arena sand.
Film character: The 8mm color image shows soft focus, saturated reds and pinks, gate shadows, grain, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, tension beat, or period cutaway for arena entertainment, animal spectacle, or midcentury public events.
Historical context: The clip visually documents spectators watching a bullfighting-style arena performance in California, without confirming the event name or organizers.
Research note: People and brands are visible, so copyright status should be assessed separately from likeness, trademark, venue, and contextual clearance needs.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 Los Angeles bullfighting home movie, 8mm matadors and bull, vintage arena spectators, and midcentury animal spectacle.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1962 Los Angeles material, then vintage arena, matador, animal-event, and spectator-crowd footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing a matador in a sunlit arena while a bull moves near the red barrier and spectators watch. — A matador stands with a pink cape as the bull moves along the arena wall.

1962 Los Angeles arena scene with a black bull near a fallen participant as matadors and an assistant stand nearby. — The bull approaches a fallen participant while matadors gather in the ring.

1962 Los Angeles home-movie frame showing matadors repositioning with capes as a bull stays low near the red arena barrier. — Matadors reposition with capes around the bull near the wall.

1962 Los Angeles arena frame with a matador extending a pink cape while the bull faces a prone participant near the red barrier. — A matador tries to draw the bull away from a prone participant.

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