Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Facing Charging Bull in Arena

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

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Matador Facing Charging Bull in Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic bullfight in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional pink and gold suit of lights taunts a powerful black bull in a sun-drenched arena, while a packed crowd watches from the stands. The footage shows the bull charging and missing the red cape, with the matador skillfully evading. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic nostalgia, making it ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 123754949

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: Supports requests for 1960s Los Angeles home-movie footage of a bullfight-style arena spectacle for documentary, museum, education, or editorial inserts.
Period detail: The packed concrete arena, color 8mm look, and visible advertising boards may show a mid-century public entertainment setting in Los Angeles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint, following the bull and matador from the stands rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador with pink cape, red arena barrier, crowded grandstand, advertising signs, sandy ring, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, color fade, gate edges, slight blur, and handheld framing that signal original amateur film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for public spectacle, animal performance, or 1960s leisure culture.
Historical context: The footage shows a large audience watching a bull and matador in a sunlit arena, reflecting a public entertainment scene documented by a visitor.
Research note: People and advertising signs are visible, so copyright review is separate from likeness, trademark, venue, and animal-performance context checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Los Angeles bullfight 8mm, matador with bull home movie, vintage arena crowd, and Super 8 public spectacle.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Los Angeles 1962 public-event footage, then broader bullfighting or arena-spectacle material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a black bull in a sunlit arena below a packed spectator stand. — A black bull moves along the red barrier as spectators fill the stands.

The bull stands near the arena barrier while a large crowd watches from the Los Angeles stands. — The bull pauses near the wall beneath rows of spectators and arena signage.

A matador holding a pink cape faces a black bull across the sunlit Los Angeles arena. — The matador and bull face each other across the ring in a spectator-filmed view.

A matador in a light suit uses a pink cape as a black bull charges across the Los Angeles arena. — The bull charges past the matador's pink cape as the crowd watches from above.

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