Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Matador Taunting An Angry Bull By Waving His Pink Cape

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

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A Matador Taunting An Angry Bull By Waving His Pink Cape — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a dramatic bullfight in Los Angeles, California. A matador in traditional white and gold attire skillfully maneuvers a vibrant pink cape, taunting a powerful black bull in the sandy arena. The crowd watches intently from the stands, with advertisements for 'Caliente' and 'Tomas' visible on the red barriers. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain and slight motion blur, conveying the raw energy and tension of the event. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into a controversial cultural spectacle of the era.

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: 123754953

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 education edits needing brief 8mm footage of a staged bullfight or matador performance in Los Angeles.
Period detail: The red arena barrier, packed spectator stands, painted advertisements, and matador costume support the early-1960s home-movie setting noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint from the stands, following the matador and bull across the arena without staged camera access.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador in pale costume, bright pink cape, sandy arena floor, red perimeter wall, crowd seating, and painted advertising signs.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, bright daylight exposure, and handheld framing that give the scene its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cultural-context cutaway, or tension beat within a sequence about midcentury spectacles, sport, or animal performance.
Historical context: The footage documents a public bullfighting-style spectacle as seen by a home-movie camera, with animal confrontation and audience viewing clearly central to the scene.
Research note: People, faces in the crowd, and visible brand signage may require review for likeness, trademark, and contextual use separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960s 8mm Los Angeles bullfight, matador with pink cape, black bull in arena, vintage home movie animal spectacle, and crowd at bullring.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles scenes, then broader archival clips of midcentury public spectacles or animal sports.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador with a pink cape facing a black bull before spectators and arena signage. — A matador presents a pink cape as the bull stands across the arena.

Matador in pale costume maneuvers a pink cape as a black bull moves toward him inside the Los Angeles arena. — The bull closes in as the matador lowers the cape near the red wall.

The 8mm frame shows the matador repositioning the pink cape while spectators watch from the stands behind the red barrier. — The matador resets the cape as the action moves across the arena.

A black bull and matador with a pink cape face each other in the arena, with red barriers and seated spectators in the background. — The bull and matador pause at a distance inside the sunlit arena.

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