Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Engages Black 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 Engages Black Bull in Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in traditional silks and a black bull face off in a sun-drenched arena, with the matador using a vibrant pink and yellow cape to taunt the charging animal. The crowd watches from behind red barriers, with period signage for the La Mesa Motel and Kent beer visible in the background. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie adds authentic nostalgia, showcasing the intense, theatrical spectacle of bullfighting as a cultural event in mid-century America.

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: 123754985

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 early 1960s 8mm footage of bullfighting spectacle in Los Angeles for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences about staged arena events.
Period detail: The red arena barrier, matador costume, crowd placement, and color 8mm home-movie texture support the 1962 period metadata without adding further location claims.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a spectator-shot viewpoint, observing the matador and bull from above the arena rather than presenting a staged production angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador with pink and yellow cape, sandy arena floor, red rail barrier, distant spectators, hard sunlight, and strong animal shadow.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, faded color, gate edges, and 8mm grain give the scene a physical home-movie texture useful for archival atmosphere.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, reaction beat, or transition into material about mid-century spectacle, animal performance, or public arena entertainment.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a bullfighting-style arena performance presented to spectators in Los Angeles, with cultural framing best confirmed through reel notes or external research.
Research note: People, possible faces, animal performance, and any background signage or brands should be reviewed separately for likeness, property, trademark, and editorial-use context.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1962 Los Angeles bullfighter 8mm, matador and black bull arena, vintage bullfighting home movie, and mid-century animal spectacle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Los Angeles arena footage, then broader clips of matadors, rodeo-like events, or public spectacles.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador using a pink and yellow cape near a black bull in a sunlit arena. — Matador and black bull meet near the cape on the arena floor.

Matador in a sunlit Los Angeles arena appears to draw a black bull toward a pink and yellow cape during the 1962 8mm clip. — The matador positions the cape as the bull approaches from the right.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with the black bull close to the matador as the pink and yellow cape is swept low in the arena. — The bull closes in as the matador works the cape at close range.

Motion-blurred 1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the black bull running across the sunlit arena after the cape pass. — The bull runs through the frame, blurred by speed and handheld capture.

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