Acapulco Mexico-1962: Matador Fights Bull with Pink and Yellow Cape

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

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Matador Fights Bull with Pink and Yellow Cape — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Acapulco, Mexico, in 1962 captures a tense bullfighting scene in a sun-drenched arena. A matador in a traditional pink and yellow costume skillfully maneuvers a vibrant pink and yellow cape, engaging a powerful grey bull in a test of courage and precision. The grainy, color-bleached footage, framed by a dark border, evokes the raw energy and danger of the spectacle. The bull charges and evades, while the matador maintains his stance, showcasing the dramatic dance of the bullfight. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Mexican culture and the enduring tradition of bullfighting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123727454

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1960s Mexican travel home movies, bullfighting arena scenes, or brief archival inserts showing a matador and bull in action.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and metadata place the scene in Acapulco, Mexico, in 1962, with a bullring, sandy arena floor, and matador costume visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint from above the arena, capturing the bullfighter's movements as a visitor might have filmed the event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a matador, grey bull, pink and yellow cape, sandy arena floor, red barrier, partial spectators, dark film borders, and contact-sheet framing.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, warm color fading, handheld framing, and dark 8mm borders that signal original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural travel cutaway, danger beat, or transition within a sequence about mid-century tourism or bullfighting.
Historical context: The scene documents a public bullfighting spectacle as seen by a home-movie camera, without enough visual evidence to identify the venue or participants.
Research note: People are visible and the bullfighting subject is sensitive; copyright, performer likeness, venue, and animal-welfare context may require separate review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Acapulco 8mm bullfight, Mexican bullring home movie, matador with cape, and vintage travel footage of bullfighting.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1962 Acapulco footage, then broader Mexican travel, arena, animal spectacle, or bullfighting scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1962 Acapulco home-movie footage, a matador holds a pink and yellow cape near a grey bull inside a bullring. — The bullfighter positions the cape as the bull approaches across the arena floor.
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A grey bull moves into the pink and yellow cape as the matador pivots in the Acapulco bullring scene. — The bull closes in while the matador draws the cape across its path.
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The matador turns beside the grey bull, using the pink and yellow cape during a close pass in the 1962 arena footage. — A close pass brings the bull alongside the matador and cape.
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The bull turns toward the matador, who holds the cape at a distance on the sandy floor of the Acapulco bullring. — The bull faces the matador after another movement with the cape.
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