Acapulco Mexico-1962: Traditional Bullfight With Matadors In Red And White

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationAcapulco, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Acapulco Mexico

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Traditional Bullfight With Matadors In Red And White — Clip Details

ACAPULCO MEXICO-1962: A vintage 8mm film captures a traditional bullfight in a sun-drenched arena, with matadors in red and white trajes de luces confronting a charging bull. The crowd fills the stands behind red and yellow barriers, while advertisements for Coca-Cola and Peugeot line the perimeter. The footage, shot from an elevated angle, shows the intense action as the bull charges and the matadors maneuver with capes, all rendered in the warm, grainy aesthetic of 1960s home movie film.

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: 123727305

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 1835 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: pyramid,university city,$80000 house,floating gardens
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: dallas,mexico city
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: Acapulco, Mexico 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 requests needing early 1960s Acapulco home-movie footage of a bullfight, especially documentary or educational sequences about public spectacle, tourism, or traditional arena events.
Period detail: The 8mm look, elevated spectator angle, red-and-yellow arena barrier, packed stands, and visible Coca-Cola and Peugeot signage support a 1962 Acapulco bullring setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from the seats like a visitor recording a brief, tense moment rather than a staged production, preserving crowd scale and arena choreography from a civilian viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the bull, matadors in red and white, a cape or muleta, red-and-yellow ring barrier, packed spectator stands, arena dirt, and perimeter advertisements.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight blur, and a high-angle handheld composition that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, cultural-event cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into discussion of bullfighting, tourism, or public entertainment in Mexico.
Historical context: The footage shows a public bullfighting scene with spectators and branded arena signage, offering visual context for mid-century leisure and spectacle without proving broader historical claims.
Research note: People, faces, animal blood-sport content, and visible brands require review; copyright status is separate from likeness, trademark, animal-welfare, and contextual clearance questions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Acapulco 8mm bullfight footage, vintage Mexico corrida home movie, matadors in bullring, bullfighting crowd, and mid-century arena signage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Acapulco or 1962 Mexico footage, then broader bullfighting, arena crowd, or traditional sport material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Acapulco bullfight footage shows a bull near a matador in red and white, with attendants, spectators, and arena signage visible. — Matador and bull meet near the center of the ring as attendants watch from the arena floor.

High-angle 1962 Acapulco bullring view shows the bull moving past a matador while other figures wait near the barrier and ring floor. — The bull passes through the ring while matadors and attendants hold their positions.

1962 Acapulco home-movie frame shows a matador close to the bull, with another cape-bearing figure and attendants visible in the bullring. — A matador remains close to the bull as other arena figures watch the action unfold.

1962 Acapulco bullfight footage shows the bull down on the ring floor while matadors and attendants move toward it before a packed crowd. — The bull is down in the ring as nearby matadors and attendants close in.

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