Los Angeles California USA-1962: Black Bull Charges Pink Cloth Held By Matador

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

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Black Bull Charges Pink Cloth Held By Matador — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic bullfight in a sun-drenched arena. A matador in traditional white traje de luces wields a vibrant pink cape, teasing a powerful black bull as it charges across the sandy ring. The crowd fills the stands behind red barriers, with advertisements like 'Cuervo' visible on the walls. The footage shows natural film grain, slight camera shake, and the authentic color palette of 1960s home movie film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 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: 123688001

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial projects needing brief home-movie footage of a bullfight-style arena scene in Los Angeles with a matador, bull, crowd, and visible period signage.
Period detail: The 8mm color, arena barriers, packed stands, matador costume, pink cape, and wall advertisements support an early-1960s public spectacle setting, with the 1962 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a spectator-shot home movie, following the bull and matador from the stands with handheld framing and brief changes in attention.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador with pink cape, sandy ring, red arena wall, seated crowd, white-clad assistants, a mounted rider, and wall advertisements.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture through soft focus, sunlit exposure, color shift, gate edges, grain, and light handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century spectator entertainment, animal spectacle, or travel-reel sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows a public bullfight-style performance viewed by a large crowd, reflecting how staged arena spectacles were recorded by private camera users in the period.
Research note: People, faces at distance, animals, and visible advertising signs require review for likeness, trademark, venue, and animal-content concerns separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 8mm bullfight footage, Los Angeles arena bull and matador, vintage home movie matador pink cape, and 1960s spectator crowd footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Los Angeles 1962 arena or crowd footage, then with broader bullfighting, animal spectacle, or 1960s travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame of a black bull approaching a matador with a pink cape inside a sunlit arena with red barriers and spectators. — A black bull and matador face each other in the ring as spectators watch from the stands.

Soft 8mm frame from the Los Angeles arena scene showing the bull moving past a matador in pink cape with blurred crowd and red wall behind. — The bull passes across the ring while the matador remains near the center with the cape.

1962 8mm frame of a black bull charging near a matador crouched with a pink cape, with arena advertisements and spectators in the background. — The matador drops the cape low as the bull charges past in the arena.

Later 1962 Los Angeles arena frame with the bull in foreground, a mounted rider, matador, and assistants gathered near the red barrier. — The bull pauses in the foreground as arena participants gather near a mounted rider by the wall.

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