Los Angeles California USA-1962: Men Smoothing Soil and Preparing Horse-Drawn Cart After Rodeo

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

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Men Smoothing Soil and Preparing Horse-Drawn Cart After... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures workers smoothing the dirt in a rodeo arena while others prepare a horse-drawn cart. A large crowd watches from the stands, with vintage advertisements for 'Vinos Santo Tomas' and 'Caliente' visible on the red wall. The scene shows men in white pants and red shirts performing post-event cleanup, with a deceased bull lying on the ground in the first frame. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of a home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American entertainment.

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: 123755220

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits 1960s documentary or educational productions on mid-century bullfighting culture and US-Mexico border entertainment; useful as an atmospheric arena-maintenance insert.
Period detail: 'Caliente' and 'Vinos Santo Tomás' advertising banners on the red arena barrier, and men in white trousers and coloured shirts consistent with bullfight cuadrilla dress, suggest a Tijuana bullring circa 1962.
Home-movie behavior: An apparent tourist or spectator recorded the between-event arena-raking routine from the stands, capturing a working interval not typically foregrounded in professional coverage.
What appears in frame: Workers raking a dirt arena floor, a horse-drawn drag cart with a grey horse, men in white trousers and red shirts, a red barrera wall, Caliente and Vinos Santo Tomás banners, and a packed grandstand.
Film character: Warm 8mm colour stock with visible grain, a slight magenta-red hue shift, and dark film-gate borders on all sides lend the footage a characteristic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Functions as a between-action insert or atmospheric cutaway in a documentary on 1960s border entertainment or bullfighting, anchoring the piece to a specific venue and working routine.
Historical context: Caliente and Vinos Santo Tomás signage strongly implies a Tijuana bullring venue; bullfighting was prohibited in California but thriving in Tijuana as a cross-border tourist draw in the early 1960s.
Research note: Commercial logos (Caliente, Vinos Santo Tomás) visible throughout; crowd and worker faces identifiable; metadata location (Los Angeles) conflicts with visual evidence pointing to Tijuana — verify provenance before licensing.
Research search match: Researchers may search 1960s bullfighting Tijuana, corrida cuadrilla arena raking, horse-drawn drag cart bullring, vintage Caliente stadium, or mid-century Mexico border entertainment footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair with other frames from this reel first; then 1960s Tijuana or Baja California bullfighting material; then mid-century US-Mexico border spectator sport or arena-event footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Arena crew and horse-drawn drag cart on the floor of what may be a Tijuana bullring circa 1962, with Caliente and Vinos Santo Tomás signage on the red barrera. — Arena crew and horse-drawn drag cart between events; Caliente and Vinos Santo Tomás banners on the red barrera behind.

Bullfight interval view of arena crew near a horse-drawn cart at what appears to be a Tijuana bullring circa 1962, with Caliente and Vinos Santo Tomás banners prominent. — Workers and horse-drawn cart beside the red barrera; Caliente, Santo Tomás, and Huerta signage behind.

Arena worker raking the dirt floor of what appears to be a Tijuana bullring circa 1962, with a horse-drawn drag cart and packed grandstand visible behind the red barrera. — Worker raking arena dirt in the foreground; horse-drawn cart and crowd behind the red barrera.

Arena maintenance worker smoothing dirt between events at what appears to be a Tijuana bullring circa 1962; Caliente and Vinos Santo Tomás banners visible on the red barrera. — Arena worker smoothing the dirt floor; Caliente and Vinos Santo Tomás advertising prominent on the red barrera behind.

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